I'm a novelist. Fortunately I don't have to rule the world.

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

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover -- but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

The most beautiful road is the road you think it is the most beautiful road!

Our thoughts and our mind-sets greatly affect our perception of what life is really about

Change occurs when one becomes what she is not when she tries to become what she is not.

Loving own country is to love peace

I have people talking about, "Boy, I hate to go to work." I love to go to work!

Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.

Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries.

We're not anxious to play L.S.U. again.

Faith becomes the foundation I'm built on.