I want more than what I want. (Vina Apsara)

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 Irish, I always had this love of words.

If you don't like me, why do you waste your time making fun of me?

The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being.

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.

I've always loved food too much to be a model.

The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Remember it's OK to be yourself.

Your shower is ready - I turned it on last night.

I love photographing. I love the experience of being around all the things that surround you when you go out to do work.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.