Freedom to reject is the only freedom.

A man who catches History's eye is thereafter bound to a mistress from whom he will never escape.

You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.

Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'

One of the things I've thought about 'Midnight's Children' is that it is a novel which puts a Muslim family at the centre of the Indian experience.

Exile is a dream of a glorious return. Exile is a vision of revolution: Elba, not St Helena. It is an endless paradox: looking forward by always looking back. The exile is a ball hurled high into the air.

faith without doubt is addiction