A man is sane only to the extent that he subscribes to a previously-agreed construction of reality.

Sometimes, people trying to commit suicide manage it in a manner that leaves them breathless with astonishment.

The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with.

And so it is they who, between them, give me all the reasons for believing in none.

One of the things I've thought about 'Midnight's Children' is that it is a novel which puts a Muslim family at the centre of the Indian experience.

The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life.

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.