I Read A Poem Every Night, As

I Don't Feel Guilty About Expressing Myself In French; Nor Do I Feel That I Am Continuing The Work Of The Colonizers.

We Have No Arab Intellectuals Of International Stature Because We Live In A State Of Generalized Mediocrity. We Are Suspended In The Pit Without Touching The Bottom.

In The Arab World, There Is No Link Between The Cultural Habits Of Peoples And The Ways Of Thinking And Creating Of Modern Intellectuals. They Are Two Separate Worlds.

I Do Not Use The Language Of My People. I Can Take Liberties With Certain Themes Which The Arabic Language Would Not Allow Me To Take.

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