I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

I strongly believe that no one can be a true feminist without being an atheist. All religions are anti-women. No one can be pro-woman while supporting anti-woman dogmas.

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.

Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?

I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.

Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an unparalleled disparity between men and women.

All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.

If any religion allows the persecution of the people of different faiths, if any religion keeps women in slavery, if any religion keeps people in ignorance, then I can't accept that religion.

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law.

You know that things aren't going well for you when you can't even tell people the simplest fact about your life, just because they'll presume you're asking them to feel sorry for you.

Our friendship is like a flowerthat seed is planted deep and realBlooms with sunshine and showerand will never wither if gives great care.

I use bits and pieces of others personalities to form my own.

Both within the family and without our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become.

The one fact about the future of which we can be certain is that it will be utterly fantastic.

The greatest possession we have costs nothing; it's known as love.

Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.

There are comics who treat women fairly appallingly. But I can be great friends with them because I don't tend to do that ticking of boxes: it can make life too simplistic.

People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place where girls can be free and enjoy the exhilaration of movement.