doubt Quotes

I never believe any politician talking about popular culture.

Nobody who's thought about politics or democracy over the thousands of years that people have been thinking about democracy hasn't come up against the fact that the people will often be wrong. And what do you do when they are? You can't just say, 'Well, it's the will of the people.'

I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.

I used to write a monthly column for the 'New York Times' syndicate. But I stopped because I found it really hard to have one extreme opinion a month. I don't know how these columnists have two or three ideas a week; I was having difficulty having 12 things to say a year.

I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.

I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn't know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally living from day to day.

I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along.

I don't know if it's a very smart idea to admire the living.

What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?