Poetry isn't as relevant in the Western world as it is in Afghanistan. And not many people make time for something that doesn't feel relevant.

We know what war means, and we know what poverty means. We need to develop a better model for reaching out to the world than we have.

The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty.

You can't be wrong in journalism. Take a wrong turn in journalism, and you are writing fiction. You can take a wrong turn in poetry, and something wonderful can happen.

I think most good poetry is about suffering; I think that's what underlies the love in these landays pieces - suffering and longing.

Poetry allows me to write about what I don't know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written.

I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban.

The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice.

In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture.

Poetry is a popular genre in Afghanistan. If you turned on the radio, there would be a poetry program that would be as popular as The Real Housewives.

I can't imagine how Afghanistan's fall isn't going to be ten times faster than Iraq's.

One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.

'T is impious in a good man to be sad.

Football lost its excitement for me.

A girl who is interested in becoming a model must first accept the fact that she is the product. She must be ready to deal with a lot of rejection.

Heraclitus says you cannot step into the same river twice. We can also say that the same river cannot touch us twice!

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

It’s the freedom of the children of God. Such people can connect with everybody. They don’t feel the need to eliminate anybody.