The Problem's Name Is God.

Good Advice Is Rarer Than Rubies.

I'm A Novelist. Fortunately I Don't Have To Rule The World.

I Had A Very Difficult Relationship With My Father, Which Ended Up Okay, But There Were Many Difficult Years.

Cruelty Is Not A Literary Value.

When I Was Writing The Satanic Verses, If You Had Asked Me About The Phenomenon That We All Now Know As Radical Islam, I Wouldn't Have Had Much To Say. As Recently As The Mid-1980s, It Didn't Seem To Be A Big Deal.