“I don't believe anything, but I have many suspicions.”

“I don't have to run from anything because I don't believe in anything.”

“I don't believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn't matter whether the theory is true or not.”

“I can't believe how many students don't read. They want to be writers, but they haven't read anything at all. They have looked at book covers, which usually allows them enough expertise to sneer, but they haven't read the books. How many young poets "don't like" poetry? How many fiction writers don't know Lehane from Nevada Barr?”

“If there's one thing I believe, its that I don't know anything and anything can happen”

“I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something, otherwise you will never get anywhere.”