"I'm not a cynical person. I'm just a person who's seen a lot of shit."

"I'm not a prophet. I'm just a guy who sees the future."

"The reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept."

"All you have to do is look at slavery, the Middle East, the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Holocaust, and the World Trade Center, and you'll see how seriously the religious folks take 'Thou Shalt Not …"

"I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me—they’re cramming for their final exam."