In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.

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.

Money is made out of time.

Creating means living.

The fact that you lack the fruits is not a proof that you don’t have seeds. It’s not too late to drop your potentials into a good soil. Do it now

The limits of freedom of expression is tautological: it ends at the point where it begins to affect the freedom of expression of others.

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so don't judge us too harshly.

You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it.

Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.

Perhaps we can come here together someday. By the way, you're a month older than the last time I saw you. Are you still too young to marry.

I've never written a play before, and I'll never write one again. You can quote me.

Like a garbage truck, we need a 'lie-truck' which will collect lies from everyone's houses every morning, even every hour!