I think writing is a very political act. I think that any writer who says it's not, is simply a writer who is disavowing the political connotations of what they write.

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.

You will find love, when you surrender yourself to love.

She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.

The plain truth, I may as well admit it, is that I've never been really right in the head.

Marilyn Manson is a criticism of gimmickry, while being itself a gimmick.

Give it your best shot, have a good time and if it doesn't work at least you tried!

My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing.

It is a great while since I felt the grind of bone under my saw,' he added, smiling with anticipation.

The hope of courage lies in every heart, together with the fear that we will fail. When the test came, you did not fail.

Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.

If I become the most popular author in jump, please give me the right to end one manga I hate.