If you're going to write a memoir, try to be as honest and open as you can.

Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak.

The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.

What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?

Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

Everything has shape, if you look for it. There is no escape from form.