There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.

I've never read anything so badly written that got published. It made 'Twilight' look like 'War and Peace.'

When you know what you're against you have taken the first step to discovering what you're for.

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.

I for one don't need a supreme "sacred" arbiter in order to be a moral being.

In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

To respect Louis Farrakhan, we must understand, is simply to agree with him... If dissent is now also to be thought of as a form of 'dissing,' then we have indeed succumbed to the thought police.