What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.

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

I know this is war, but the rest of us are trying to pretend it's a party.

Voices have a language of their own and communicate much more than the words that they say.

Can a person really love someone so deeply after only a week? Hello? Cliche much for insta-love?

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

Steve Coogan does something for me. He is so naughty, but I quite fancy him.

Microblogs are yet another form of public display, but I would rather be true to myself.

Sorry, you're on the ride now, and there's no getting off in the middle.

In business and in politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind-but he must get there first.

You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.

I never mix my religion with politics. But I feel values are very important.