We live in a frightened time, and people self-censor all the time and are afraid of going into some subjects because they are worried about violent reactions.

In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.

I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which strive vainly to encapsulate them, it is possible to create past events simply by saying they occurred.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that and then I put it out there and say to you, "What do you think?" I hope that you think well of it, obviously.

I've never read anything so badly written that got published. It made 'Twilight' look like 'War and Peace.'

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.