There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.

I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason

The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

A priest's life is spent between question and answer-- or between a question and the attempt to answer it. The question is the summary of the spiritual life.