There can be few situations more fearful than breaking down in darkness on the highway leading to Casablanca. I have rarely felt quite so vulnerable or alone.

I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand.

My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.

For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.

Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.

To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path

We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic.

At the dealership, I pulled out the sieve and toyed with it threateningly. When the salesman was ready for me, I held it up, told him I was not a tourist and demanded a large discount.

The ants are bad" The Bear"the ants?"Tahir"Do not be fooled. They look very small, so harm you don't think of then at all. Then years. Then one day you wake up, and your home has fallen down." Osman.

Stories are a communal currency of humanity.

There is nothing like a train journey for reflection.

In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman.

Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it.

Smile and let everyone know that today, you're a lot stronger than you were yesterday.

Follow the grain in your own wood.

Hell is out of fashion --institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private affairs, the gaps between the bars are the sutures of one's own skull. . .

I start nearly every day with a workout.

It may be a secret sin on earth, but it is open scandal in heaven.

If I ever leave this place- I'll make sure I'm better HERE first.

Paparazzi always made me really uncomfortable.

People feel they are not participating in the decision-making process. Decisions are exclusive to those at the very top. You have grown up with crony capitalism and it creates ever more resentment.