The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs; the Peruvians descend from the Incas; the Argentineans descend from the boats.

Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.

Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.

Writing is a struggle against silence.

The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.

Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.

I need, therefore I imagine.

One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.

What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.

Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.

You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.

The sinner is saved by the Saviour.

The fastest way to travel is to be there already.

The moment you are more interested and obsessed to others you begin to loose your Self . It's so insane that you again seek others to help find self.

I come from a much freer kind of performance thing, where I rely on my own improv and my own sense of humor.

It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.

The entire Quran is a big joke. If it was not so violent, it would be the biggest comic book ever written.

A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.

There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.

... people get confidential at midnight.

From a family tree that has healthy roots, there emerge hearty leaves and most beautiful fruits.