If an opponent won't watch you bet, then you probably shouldn't.
We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world.
My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.
The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.
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 a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.
The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.
I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not a scientist and am focused on the short-term - what will happen in the interim.
I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books.
I regret that I didn't enjoy it all more. I didn't savour it until the end because I was so hard on myself. Life goes by so quickly. A dancer's career goes by so quickly. You've got to enjoy those moments when you know you've done your best.