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If there are differences of views or divergence of ideas, they can be resolved through discussion and dialogue.

I want to write about serious things, but I want to write about them in a way that makes them accessible to a large number of people - to take them through the argument by dramatizing the circumstances in which these issues are being discussed.

People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.

For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is.

Since I'm not a journalist, I talk about issues that encourage an interchange of ideas through conversation while also being entertaining.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.

You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.