I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words.

Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins.

I think sometimes feeling that you've been marginalized opens you up to the realization that, in their own lives, almost everyone experiences marginalization, a kind of foreigner sense.

All human stories are migration stories because everyone is a refugee from their own childhood.

Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.

I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are fought, people are going to move. They always have.

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

It's important to have a non-nostalgic view and say, let's look forward, because if we don't, all we'll hear are voices telling us to go back.

I want the white one

Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.

The #1 guideline to success is you must be in business for yourself. When you work for someone else, you sell your time at wholesale to your employer, who then re-sells it at retail to the customer.

When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive.

It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.

Life's experiences should turn into real understanding.

I'm a micro-celebrity, about as small a celebrity as you can be.

Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.