I learned: the first lesson of my life: nobody can face the world with his eyes open all the time.

I get a lot of letters - a lot of letters saying, who knew that you were funny?

I discovered that if you find the language to talk to younger readers, children can accept anything.

The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.

I have to say that after some initial resistance, I'm now a complete 'Game of Thrones' addict.

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

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.