It is literature which for me opened the mysterious and decisive doors of imagination and understanding. To see the way others see. To think the way others think. And above all, to feel.

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

It is easier for stars to shine in darkness

The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith—and He will forgive.

These cords that God makes, Reverend Bauxite thought, we stand holding one end while they run taut into the darkness.

Commonsense will never come from following your heart

The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility.

While the days of parenting may seem so long, the years are so short.

Space and time are "sensed" not seen. They are created in consciousness which is spaceless and timeless.

Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.

I think the shows are better when I feel like myself.

Writing has to support itself.