I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning and go to my desk.

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

The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can't do anything about the tides.

I keep a pretty tight grip on my schedule and I compare it a lot to a fireman's - a four-on then four-off type of deal.

Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.

I pray to God to be a great player, but I want to keep my life.

I'm trying to create artwork that makes people, and myself, think about judgment as a reflex. This is something that must be changed.

I am absolutely delighted to get back into football with Livingston.

Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.

Our people were not happy. I knew at some point we were going to win. It's a little unfair, but that's the reality. To some degree, it became a one-game season for some folks.

Cronenberg's a lot of fun, and that a lot of people don't know watching his movies. He doesn't take himself seriously. He's still reinventing himself.

I've listened to and know Allen Ginsberg music and met him a couple of times, but I don't have any strong statements to make.