Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to offer it to, in the case of literature, its readers; to be, for a secular, materialist culture, some sort of replacement for what the love of god offers in the world of faith.

We are described into corners, and then we must describe ourselves out of corners.

For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake

The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff.

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.

Free speech is not just free speech for people you admire. It's also for people who you think of as reprehensible.

The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.