Richard Selzer

I never intended to become a writer.

If I quit surgery, I'd be afraid I'd dry up.

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

I respect Rush Limbaugh; he is a national conservative leader, and in no way do I want to diminish his voice.

I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means.