I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.

All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing.

I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.

I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to read them, because I've spent too long with them already. I'm not advertising them very well, am I?

Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.

The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it's teaching.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.