People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.

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

Education shouldn’t be boring. It should stimulate the imagination and fill minds with the joy of knowing.

I had a friend whose family had dinner together every day. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. It just seemed so amazing to me.

If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning.

In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing like a hidden physical defect.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.

I'm always going to be looking for something artistically or whatever. I think that's part of being driven, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm unhappy.

It so often happens that somebody says 'change your life' and you repaint your car rather than re-wire the engine.

If you leave here, War can find you again. What are you going to do if that happens? (Tory) Leave bloodstains on his best shirt. (Acheron)