We were language's magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny.

Many men start being friendly with women because they are trying to seduce them. I'm not trying to seduce them. I just like hanging out with them.

If Islam is to be reconciled with modernity, these voices must be encouraged until they swell into a roar.

My heart broke open and history fell in.

When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between.

Science fiction is where I started out, really. When I was a kid, I was a complete addict of science fiction. It was one of my earliest interests as a writer, and I've just taken a long time to circle back around to it.

You can't judge an internal injury by the size of the hole.