Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.

When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies.

I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion.

Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them.

Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.

The world is my country, science is my religion.

The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.

My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.

The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people.