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- In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no excuse. Yet we…
- 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…
- Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars.…
- What kind of idea are you? Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accomodates itself to society, aims to find a niche, to survive;…
- I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.
- Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world and it's not something that I practice or recommend, but…
- He would dream of discovering a magic optometrist from whom he would purchase a pair of green-tinged spectacles which would correct his regrettable myopia, and…
- A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to…
- A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
- I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.
- Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
- The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don't try and burn the…
- Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
- I remember when I was young, many cities in the Muslim world were cosmopolitan cities with a lot of culture.
- I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
- I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
- I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
- If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
- If you have children, you worry about the world you're leaving them.
- In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.
- In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
- Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.'
- Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
- The accidents of my life have given me the ability to make stories in which different parts of the world are brought together, sometimes harmoniously,…
- But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever…
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