I'm Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off.

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.

Stop nourishing other people’s ideas and beliefs in your life. Take up your own idea and endeavor to accomplish it.

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.

I admire people who know they can't sing. There are so many people out there who can't sing, but they think they can, so they sing a lot.

We just always focus on quality, which can be frustrating during the wait, but which pays off when we're done (we hope).

I'm deeply, deeply passionate about creating peace and well-being in the classroom, and well-being as a global nation.

You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like.

I never questioned Barack Obama's patriotism.

You can't not look cool with a crossbow.

It just gripes me hollow, the way God always sneaks in to take the credit.

And he’s just plain odd. And what is your problem that you keep putting yourself in my way? (Geary) She’s feisty, Skotos. I can see the appeal. (ZT)