Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way.

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

The law of evolution is that the strongest survives!' 'Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most social. In human terms, most ethical...There is no strength to be gained from hurting one another. Only weakness.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.

I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.