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

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

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.

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

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.