The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.

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.

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Ian " she said quietly "I'd rather die than go back to you." "Be careful what you ask for you may get what you want.

We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.

The measure of a man is in the lives he’s touched.

Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.

If your hair is done properly you can get away with anything

The story of her life. God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.

I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like, and it doesn't go well. Either they're a bad sport or I'm not as funny as I could be.

The assumption is that the inevitability of a solution's realization is inherent in the interaction of human intellect and the constantly transformative evolution of physical universe.

All office workers are afraid of being late for work.