Why speak if you can't manage perfect thoughts, perfect sentences?

Nobody ever recognizes themselves unless they are not the character. There are many people who have claimed to be in my books, but unfortunately they were usually people that I didn't know.

Between the adored and the adorer falls the shadow.

Believe in your own eyes and you'll get into a lot of trouble, hot water, a mess.

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

Fundamentalists of all faiths are the fundamental evil of our time.

Until you know who you are you can’t write.