We All Owe Death A Life.

Prophet Mohammed Would Have No Objection To The Satanic Verses.

It's True That The Human Body Is More Vulnerable Than The Products Of The Human Mind.

As I Look Back, I Feel A Touch Of Pride At My Younger Self's Dedication To Literature, Which Gave Him The Strength Of Mind To Resist The Blandishments Of The Enemies Of Promise. The Sirens Of Ad-land Sang Sweetly And Seductively, But I Thought Of Odysseus Lashing Himself To The Mast Of His Ship, And Somehow Stayed On Course.

If I Had Simply Wanted To Trade On An Insult To Islam, I Could Have Done It In A Sentence Rather Than Writing A 250,000-word Novel, A Work Of Fiction.

To See Things Plainly, You Have To Cross A Frontier.