Philip Pullman, schrijver, auteur van o.a. The Golden Compass, de film gebaseerd op deel 1 van zijn trilogie His Dark Materials.

Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.

~ Isaac Asimov