It is commonly and, I believe, accurately said of Pakistan that her women are much more impressive than her men.

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

Without toil, would there be any tears?

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.

Men take care of your responsibilities with maturity.

Life is not about giving up or giving in. Life is about giving.

If we cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible.

I don't have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time.

Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I want to earn my stripes.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness.

The coyest maids make the fondest wives.

New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.