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.

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.

It's an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.

England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places.

She's my daughter. She's my sister.

The good thing about problems is that it seems like there's only one way to get into them, but there's usually lots of ways out.

Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

NO NO NO!! FIVE! FIVE!

When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half of the people die so that the other half can eat their fill.

All moralistic judgments, whether positive or negative, are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

Every noble achievement is a dream before it is a reality just as the oak is an acorn before it is a tree.

A Christian brings peace to others. Not only peace, but also love, kindness, faithfulness and joy.

The world's a mean place. It's unfair, then it's fair. It's hateful, then it's loving. It's a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels.