There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a categorical imperative from which we cannot escape.

This Islam business kidnapped me.

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics.

I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.

There are three points of view to everything - mine, yours, and the truth.

I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all.