The real malady is fear of life, not of death.

Without literature my life would be miserable.

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

...love is like health. It is taken lightly when present and cherished when it departs.