“The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.”

“The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.”

“Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to y...”

“He did not wish to be divine. If there had never been a God, the emperor thought, it might have been easier to work out what goodness was. This business of worship, of the abnegation of self...”