Every One Starts Out Being An Atheist.

You Really Can't Blame The Military For Wanting To Go To War [in Iraq]. They've Got All These New Toys And They Want To Know Whether They Work Or Not.

We Aren't Consistent In Our Treatment Of Animals.

I Think Dan [rather] Is Transparently Liberal. Now He May Not Like To Hear Me Say That. I Always Agree With Him, Too. But I Think He Should Be More Careful.

Those To Whom His Word Was Revealed Were Always Alone In Some Remote Place, Like Moses. There Wasn't Anyone Else Around When Mohammed Got The Word Either. Mormon Joseph Smith And Christian Scientist, Mary Baker Eddy, Had Exclusive Audiences With God. We Have To Trust Them As Reporters--and You Know How Reporters Are. They'll Do Anything For A Story.

Writers Don't Often Say Anything That Readers Don't Already Know, Unless Its A News Story. A Writer's Greatest Pleasure Is Revealing To People Things They Knew But Did Not Know They Knew. Or Did Not Realize Everyone Else Knew, Too. This Produces A Warm Sense Of Fellow Feeling And Is The Best A Writer Can Do.