I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

Literature should be more revolutionary than revolutions themselves; writers must find the means to continue to be critical of the negative elements in the sociopolitical reality.

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.

In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain.

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.