Abdellah Taia Quotes

#1. Writing and making films aren't different things to me. Or maybe it has become so, now. Making film is a very long process and you have to be physically strong. The literary work is more mystical, because it's only the writer, and connected to something inside.

Abdellah Taia

#2. People think that I only write about homosexuality, but that's not true.

Abdellah Taia

#3. NO ONE IS CAPABLE OF FREEING ONESELF FROM SOCIETY.

Abdellah Taia

#4. The show became popular as aspecialthing became popular. And Sasquatch, the guy who runs that site, started coming to every show and reviewing it. And when people start talking about the reviews from the stage. That to me is really self indulgent and we tried to put a caper on that.

Scott Aukerman

#5. How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people ... Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable.

Robert McAfee Brown

#6. Many Europeans think that all Moroccans speak French, but no. I had to make an effort to learn it when I studied French literature at the university in Rabat.

Abdellah Taia

#7. I told my dad 'Yeah, I'm going to be a drummer', and he said 'Well, if you can rub your stomach at the same time as you pat your head at the same time you're standing on one leg and kicking the other one out in a circle and say the pledge of allegiance'. And I did all that just like bam, you know?

Tre Cool

#8. So many people and institutions are against homosexuals that, as a homosexual, you can't waste your time by trying to convince them that you're a good person.

Abdellah Taia

#9. I go to lectures and girls are finding out about Bikini Kill or Le Tigre for the first time and are like,' This is my jam!' It still feels fresh to them.

Kathleen Hanna

#10. I hate to express political ideas directly in a book. I don't want my books to be seen as an expression of this or that political idea. At the same time I want to show a kind of rebellion and transgression, something further.

Abdellah Taia

#11. Religion is insanity by consensus.

Bill Maher

#12. It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.

Sri Chinmoy

#13. Here I am, on the road again. There I am, up on the stage. Here I go, playing star again. There I go, turn the page.

Bob Seger

#14. It would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos.

Michael Schenker

#15. There's a particularly British wariness of appearing to try too hard. It's somehow distasteful. Everything should come to us seamlessly and, if you have to work at it, you're somehow a loser.

Kate Reardon

#16. Your dreams of today create your future.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#17. It's not going to be easy, it's going to be worth it!

Hazim Bangwar