Good writing is like a bomb: it explodes in the face of the reader.

I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it.

To the Somali, the Amerikaan is weird, to the American GI, the Somali is an ingrate and a skinny.

That in a civil war there is continuous fighting, based on grievences that are forever changing.

Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked.

When your youth is about to enter in old age it shouldn't wonder, what happened? it must say, well done.

I love life more than I love death.

In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

For your information, I am NOT overreacting. I'm REACTING. That's different. It's important to react when you're pissed off.

Imitation is the sincerest form of insult.

No one in the modern world is more lonely than the writer with a literary conscience.

It's better to see God in everything than to try to figure it out.

The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become slipshod in the light of intellectual honesty.

If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947.