It's A Most Distressing Affliction To Have

Literature Should Be More Revolutionary Than Revolutions Themselves; Writers Must Find The Means To Continue To Be Critical Of The Negative Elements In The Sociopolitical Reality.

It's A Most Distressing Affliction To Have A Sentimental Heart And A Skeptical Mind.

If The Urge To Write Should Ever Leave Me, I Want That Day To Be My Last.

I Love Sufism As I Love Beautiful Poetry, But It Is Not The Answer. Sufism Is Like A Mirage In The Desert. It Says To You, Come And Sit, Relax And Enjoy Yourself For A While.

I Consider Khomeini's Position Dangerous. He Does Not Have The Right To Pass Judgment-that Is Not The Islamic Way.