Richard Selzer

I never intended to become a writer.

If people understood that doctors weren't divine, perhaps the odor of malpractice might diminish.

The grist for my mill is the human body and the art of healing.

Now that I'm gettin' old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don't get much made, I need to conquer a big chunk of money. Not quit playin' but quit playin' so hard.

I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.