I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

The real malady is fear of life, not of death

We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.

When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day, that week ... I write stories the same way. Events at home, in school, at work, in the street, these are the bases for a story. Some experiences leave such a deep impression that instead of talking about them at the club I work them into a novel.

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.