Mourn for the living, the dead have got their camphor gardens.

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

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

The best way to reduce stress is to know that it is not real

The worst kind of sin is not to acknowledge that you are sinful.

Bill Rehnquist makes Barry Goldwater look like a liberal.

One thing I can tell you is you have to be free. Come together, right now, over me.

Why do fools fall in love? I'll tell you why, because everybody else has simply got too much else to do.

It's funny how bed and pillows and covers can change a conversation. Words turn quiet and you mean more and say less. It's like you can build your own little world, Population: 2.

What? My head doctor says I'm not supposed to censor my thoughts. It's part of my therapy.

You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.