I admit it: above all things, I fear absurdity..

Discovery is fun. I am incredibly open to everything..

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

If somebody's trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better..

Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change i….

The only people who see the whole picture,' he murmured, 'are the ones who step out of the frame..

A book is not completed till it's read..

Fundamentalists of all faiths are the fundamental evil of our time..

Liberate yourself, because no one else is going to liberate you.

If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today..

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true..

A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument..

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist..

I don't think there is a need for an entity like God in my life..

Our lives teach us who we are..

Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has ….

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our….

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it..

We cannot allow religious hooligans to place limiting points on thought..

The problem's name is God..

The history of a culture can be determined by its untranslatable words..