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

My heart broke open and history fell in.

Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.

Until you know who you are you can’t write.

I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.

Nothing comes from nothing, Thieflet; no story comes from nowhere; new stories are born from old--it is the new combinations that make them new.