I responded to the gravity of an invisible moon at my core, and I undertook journeys I had not expected to take.

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.

We who have been ahead in STYLE have usually been also ahead in our thinking.

The rose saith in the dewy morn, I am most fair; Yet all my loveliness is born Upon a thorn.

Don't expect a stranger to wipe your nose.

I found Celebrity Gangster intense, dramatic, a real page turner.

I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different.

The paradox is the seed of truth. This germ just needs a fertile ground to flourish and bear fruit.

I do not see any beauty in self-restraint.

All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.

Hitler: Thank you, whoever you are. I think you just saved my life. The Doctor: Believe me... It was an accident.

It's about the journey--mine and yours--and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.