Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient.

It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it.

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 do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take.

My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.