Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear.

I believe in the art of literature, I believe in freedom of the imagination, I believe in the kind of liberties that we enjoy in these lucky countries of the world.

Between the adored and the adorer falls the shadow.

I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.

I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me.

[...] the inevitable triumph of illusion over reality that was the single most obvious truth about the history of the human race [...]

There's a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody's family. We all pretend to outsiders that it's not so but behind locked doors there are usually high emotions running.