"Art possesses the formidable tool of. Take, for instance, theatre. Theatre, by convention, agrees to be fake; thanks to this convention, which is innocuous, it can tell the truth. Art can tell the truth, because it is a transfigured language which doesn’t claim to possess divine truth; with its ability to transform relationships, it can address even the most terrible issues, exploring them without being destroyed by them. But artists have to be conscious of their role."

"Gritter thought it was about time the complacent louts at the top of the heap got to have a genuine red-hot…"

"Only the idea of God gives me the confidence that morality will become reality on earth. And because I cann…"

"Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction."

"Indeed, over the years I have had many a good laugh at the pompous moralism and blatant dishonesty of India…"

"It slowly dawned on me that what I had been propagating was far from true Islam. The more I learnt about Is…"

"The experience was an exciting one for me. It illustrated that writing was about risk—about risking everyth…"