I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand.

My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.

For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.

Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.

There can be few situations more fearful than breaking down in darkness on the highway leading to Casablanca. I have rarely felt quite so vulnerable or alone.

To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path

We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic.

At the dealership, I pulled out the sieve and toyed with it threateningly. When the salesman was ready for me, I held it up, told him I was not a tourist and demanded a large discount.

The ants are bad" The Bear"the ants?"Tahir"Do not be fooled. They look very small, so harm you don't think of then at all. Then years. Then one day you wake up, and your home has fallen down." Osman.

Stories are a communal currency of humanity.

There is nothing like a train journey for reflection.

Life… has a way of testing the fault line

Pain is a horribly wonderful gift.

The hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing because it is demanding all of you.

My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.

It's fun, working with different people, everybody works differently. When I have time off from music, I want to make other music. That's what I do, that's what's fun, that's what makes me happy.

I'm a person with virtually no feelings.

If you're not living your truth, you're living a lie.

There is nothing more practical than the preservation of beauty, than the preservation of anything that appeals to the higher emotions of mankind

Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels.

The theory is that you don't play a song the same way twice because it's jazz. That's where I'm coming from.