Algeria is not breaking up.

In two years, there were 22 military coups d'etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d'etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path.

Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.

Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.

When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.

Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.

I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.

Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.

You got to insist on your success, resist every obstacle and persist in times of difficulty and you will get there.

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear it is in the mind.

Why is it parents think they help their kids by pretending things are better than they are?

Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky

I would love to write and produce. I feel as if as an actor I'm just a small part you have to multi-task to survive in the entertainment industry.

Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it.

I'm not always successful. But I try to treat the people the way I want to be treated. I really try to keep that in mind, but it doesn't always work.

I don't encourage socialists or anarchists to accept falsehoods, in particular, to see revolutionary potential where there is none.

What I really value about being a writer is that I can go to rehearsal when I want to, and then, when I need to be at home writing or with my kids, I go home.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.