I write in Arabic and prefer writing my stories by hand. I need a cup of tea or coffee when I write. When I was in Syria, I was addicted to tea, but now I'm addicted to Starbucks.

Life is not easy. Life is very harsh. We have to be strong. Otherwise, life will destroy us.

I'm homesick. But I cannot go back to Syria. I lost everything. And I'm against the Syrian regime, so there is no way to go back. I'm really homesick.

Despite everything - despite all this hatred, despite all this misunderstanding between nations and civilizations - I think love is the end. Love is the end.

As a writer, my weapon is my pen. I want to create more awareness about the people in Syria. This is the most important issue: protecting civilians in this crazy war.

There's a lot of sympathy, but some people in America don't care. They think Syria is a very faraway place and that it's none of their business.

I turned into a swamp of inactivity, and because of this no one was able to see the gems in my depths.

The craving today is for something light and spicy, and few have patience, still less desire, to examine carefully that which would make a demand both upon their hearts and

Our worst misfortunes never happen and most miseries lie in anticipation.

I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a gray dress.

There's a massive part of me that can be bold and courageous...very strong and very assertive and independent, almost to a fault sometimes.

We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.

Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.

You don't think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.

A man who lies about beer makes enemies.

Nobody has the intention of building a wall