"Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope."

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

"Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something."

"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."

"All Bibles are man-made."

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."

"Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines."

"Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death."

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."

"Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."

"A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution."

"The will is not free-it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect-but there is something behind the will which is free."