Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

Junk takes everything and gives nothing but insurance against junk sickness.

I don't know what falling in love for me is. The concept of romantic love arose in the Middle Ages. Now remember, the Arabs don't even have a word for love-that is, a word for love apart from physical attraction or sex. And this separation of love and sex is a western concept, a Christian concept. As to what falling in love means, I'm uncertain. Love, well, it means simply physical attraction and liking a person at the same time.

I don't have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.

Most all methods of capitol punishment are designed to inflict the maximum of humiliation - not attempts to prevent suicide.

Writers, like elephants, have long, vicious memories. There are things I wish I could forget.

I'm creating an imaginary — it's always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.