"Writing is a solitary business, but it's also a way of connecting with the world."

"Nobody can take jokes. That’s why they’re jokes."

"The greatest danger to freedom is the abandonment of reason."

"The Satanic Verses is a novel about migration, metamorphosis, divided selves, love, death, London, and Bombay. It is a serious work of literature."

"I think the job of a writer is to be a witness, to bear witness to the world."