The other thing about modern society and why it causes this anxiety, is that we have nothing at its center that is non-human. We are the first society to be living in a world where we don't worship anything other than ourselves. We think very highly of ourselves, and so we should; we've put people on the Moon, done all sorts of extraordinary things. And so we tend to worship ourselves.

Writing is a form of resistance.

The strength of a political system lies in its ability to adapt to changing circumstances and to incorporate new ideas and practices.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating—people who know absolutely everything and people who know absolutely nothing.