I'm not saying I am never going to fall in love again, but there is no need to marry.

What grows best in the heat: fantasy; unreason; lust.

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

It doesn't matter whether characters are real people or not; if they're not vivid on the page, then the reader doesn't care about them that much, and, if the reader doesn't care about them that much, then they don't care what happens to them.

I beat my sons in real-life table tennis, but virtually, I get murdered. I download games on the iPhone that I'm addicted to - I'm a master at "Angry Birds."

There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.

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