I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

I strongly believe that no one can be a true feminist without being an atheist. All religions are anti-women. No one can be pro-woman while supporting anti-woman dogmas.

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.

Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?

I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.

I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.

Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an unparalleled disparity between men and women.

All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.

If any religion allows the persecution of the people of different faiths, if any religion keeps women in slavery, if any religion keeps people in ignorance, then I can't accept that religion.

There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.

To allow the construction of places of worship other than Islamic ones in Saudi Arabia, it would be like asking the Vatican to build a mosque inside of it.

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

And believe me, this country thinks it's [using private e-mail by Hillary Clinton] - really thinks it's disgraceful, also

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

I think it's important to evolve and grow and take risks creatively, instead of repeating yourself and doing the same thing over and over.

I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons.

When you ask people, do they believe that we ought to have trade, I think people understand it's important.

Clutter is my natural habitat.

The only ideals allowed are healthy ones - those everyone may aspire to, or comfortably imagine oneself possessing.