Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.'

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

If I don't keep complaining about my problems, it doesn't mean I have fewer of them, all it means is I can handle them better.

The greater the need, the greater the quest for God.

It is perhaps necessary for something dear to be lost.”“Why?”“Perhaps it is necessary to the making of a story. A story after all is a way of remembering love.

NBA gets to see these players develop more..Did Lebron need another year, Did Kobe need another year

I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.

You are not happy because you're healthy, you are healthy because you're happy

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

The people on the edge of Hell were most afraid of the devil; for those already in hell the devil was only another and no one in particular.

All this talk about inspiration and moment is nonsense.

The cool thing about playing is that the more you do it, the better you get.