To the Somali, the Amerikaan is weird, to the American GI, the Somali is an ingrate and a skinny.

I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it.

Good writing is like a bomb: it explodes in the face of the reader.

That in a civil war there is continuous fighting, based on grievences that are forever changing.

Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked.

I'm not looking for the perfect man. I'm looking for the man whose imperfections I can put up with.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.

I think in life, there are certain choices you make that are timeless and universal, and don't necessarily have anything to do with the particulars of a certain decade.

Don’t make it a challenge. You know how much I like those.

No man's body is as strong as his appetites, but Heaven has corrected the boundlessness of his voluptuous desires by stinting his strength and contracting his capacities.

I get up in the morning, and I'm reluctant to turn on the television.

She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance.

President Bush almost killed me.

If you don't think like a winner, you're not going to be a winner.