I grew up on American pop culture so everything that I fantasized about to get out of this sort of humdrum world of Bradford was about America. So when we decided to move there I was on the plane.

If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.

Indian culture is essentially much more of a we culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.

We are Muslims. My father would pawn off his Muslim in-laws as Hindus just so that he could get free pancakes.

Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past.

If you choose to be a Muslim then you believe that it is on some level wrong to show the image of the Prophet Muhammad.

I thought [when I was 16] my days were just going to be spent hanging out on a beach and my girlfriend was going to be Miss Teen USA and my best friend will be a dolphin.

I've always said I'm the worst representative of Muslim-Americans that's ever existed, because I've been inside more bars than mosques.

When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.

People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.

It's an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.

I think... the most brilliant thing about being a writer is that if you don't like the way the world is, you can create your own.

Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar's choice.

I believe in self-defense and self-determination for Africans and other oppressed people in America.

For Cave Carson, I have a co-writer, so that takes off a lot of the pressure.

Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.

I feel like I'm a quick learner and I'm also very quick to forget. That's why I can't play an instrument because I can't bloody remember it.

Couldn't afford a car so he named his daughter Alexis

I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

After you've learned two or three basic rules of cinema grammar, you can do what you like - including breaking those rules.

Ganguly is a very good leader. His return to the field brings a spring in the steps of the Indians. He is a great player.