When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between.

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 find it funny when people try to brag about being younger than me...like having lived less is an accomplishment. Makes me want to pat them on the head, lol. I'm comfortable with who I am.

It matters not whether these weapons of ours are humane: if they gain us our freedom, they are justified before our conscience and before our God.

My mother kept the house clean and we ate good. I didn't know we were poor until I started giving interviews.

That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer.

I knew her hair and her coloring and her shapes would be different next time, but the way she wore her body would keep on.

My fallen heart doesn't know. But I will put effort and pretend that I don't know.

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

In two years, I'll be making more than Michael Schumacher.

Don't let negativity affect your vision. People say harsh things, but don't let them affect you.

The church is not built on the rock foundation of geniuses and influencers but of apostles and prophets.