The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him.
“If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice.”
“There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's that some taste better than others.”