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

In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat and demands to be written.

I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.

Airport security exists to guard us against terrorist attacks.

She saw him fracture into rainbow colors through the prism of her love.

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.

The PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award is a way of spotlighting individual cases. If you look at the history of the award, the freedom rate is very high: a very high percentage of people who receive those awards are freed in the next six months to a year. The only weapon there is attention, but interestingly it works.