At 21, I Discovered Repression And Injustice.

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.

People Must Insist On The Right To Say No, To Be Alone, To Stand Out From The Herd. Creative Artists Can Say All This In Their Own Way And In Their Own Field, By Hard, Rigorous Work.

An Individual Voice Can Be Heard In A Choir That Otherwise Sings In Unison. This Is Something That Is Not Excused.

It Is Impossible To Disregard Such An Important Medium As Television. We Should Know How To Use It, Learn To Work In It And Express New Values In It.

My Sensibility Steers Me Toward Writers Who Are Out On Their Own.