Christianity Quote by Will Self

“I write as someone who has no more time for repressive Islam than he does for repressive Christianity or Judaism, but at least look at the face in the hijab - and try to imagine the one beneath the niqab - before you depersonalise its wearer.”

Will Self

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As a writer, I'm not convinced that we are the best equipped to understand how we go about the business of literary production.

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