I know who I am, I know what I'm for, and I know what I'm willing to fight for.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

Being dynamic doesn’t necessarily mean you live an effective life

One cannot fight for so long without the scars building on one's soul.

Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing.

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery.

Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.

If I'm not complaining, I'm not having a good time, hah hah!

The more coward you are, the bigger your castle is!

I'm a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what I endeavor to do is simply speak the truth.

So let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in life will be calm and quiet.