We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.

I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper. A writer creates an imaginary world that he transmits to others.

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.