In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Don't you know girls have to fool people every day of their lives if they want to get anywhere?

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

In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

What I've always seen in writers and artists is the courage it takes to make an original work of art. I think the real risks in literature are linguistic and intellectual, and I hope we can highlight those, as well as political courage.

I'm definitely post-something.

No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish.