India, the new myth--a collective fiction in which anything was possible, a fable rivalled only by the two other mighty fantasies: money and God.

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 future belongs to us. I think that art is a force that can change the world.

It started to hurt less because it mattered so much less.

Don’t let the mind rule the heart.

Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.

For those aspiring to make a living from travel photography, it's a sad fact that the boring shots are the shots that are going to make you money.

I think we deserve people who really, really love us.

There are some loony people in this world!

To see the outside world as the same stuff as our most secret or unknown thoughts is a fine necessity.

What I have proposed would be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy, because they have made all the gains in the economy.

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.