I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.

It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind.

It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.

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

Anyone who has had the experience of going through American security checks knows the purpose of these checks is not to make you safer; it's just to annoy you.

I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.

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