We want peaceful settlement of each matter but if they try to impose something we'll not accept it.

There is some conspiracy behind it to create disharmony amongst the Muslims.

Just as my body had changed at puberty, now I was developing a sense of guilt, a sense not only of how I appeared to others, but of how I appeared to myself, especially in violating self-imposed prohibitions.

The mad were put in asylums, but the sane are worse off in their offices.

If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.

My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.