"Most sermons sound to me like commercials — but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product."

"The city's frightening now. That's the basis of my reaction to Las Vegas. It's not the city I wrote about. …"

"Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith; and in this sense atheism…"

"By forcing us to look closely at our requests, prayer purifies us."

"Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small...and you will escape the jealousy of the great."

"religion is the artifice, you know, the building, after God has left it sometimes, like Elvis has left the …"

"I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquer…"