Beauty Is First And Foremost An Emotion.

It Is Through Accepting Other People In Our Own Countries That We Shall Come To Respect Our Neighbours And Be Respected In Our Turn.

For Me, Poetry Is A Situation - A State Of Being, A Way Of Facing Life And Facing History.

Our Steps Invent The Path As We Proceed; Behind Us They Leave No Trace, Only The Void. So We Shall Always Look Ahead And Trust Our Feet. They Will Take Us As Far As Our Minds Will Go... -- Tahar Ben Jelloun

I Belong To A Specific Category Of Writers, Those Who Speak And Write In A Language Different From That Of Their Parents.

Intellectuals Try To Keep Going. But Their Situation Is Very Difficult. Those Who Have Had The Courage To Voice Their Opposition Have Often Paid A Very High Price.