The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.

We all dream things into being; you imagine yourself having a child, and then you have a child. An inventor will think of something in his mind and then make it actual. So things are often passing from the imagined realm into the real world.

If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which their countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.

One of the characteristics of mudslinging is that mud sticks if it's thrown with enough force for long enough.

The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don't try and burn the planet down.

People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.

If you're offended, it's your problem.