Because I've always felt, whether the fatwa or whatever, the writer's great weapon is the truth and integrity of his voice. And as long as what you're saying is what you truly, honestly believe to be the case, then whatever the consequences, that's fine. That's an honorable position.
When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.
When you throw everything up in the air anything becomes possible.
I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
And so it is they who, between them, give me all the reasons for believing in none.