“You fail only if you stop writing.”

“I am ready, but only on one condition. Once I start writing, you should not stop dictating to me.”

“Stop it. If I accepted you as the Messenger of Allah I would not have been hostile to you. You should write only your name and the name of your father.”

“If you don't like this, I'll stop writing music.”

“Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.”

“I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it.”

“Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.”

“nothing can save
you
except
writing.
it keeps the walls
from
failing.”

“Nobody has to read this book. Nobody has to pick it up. Nobody has to open it. And if they open it and read it, they don't have to like it. And if you read it and you dislike it, you don't have to remain silent about it. You can write to me, you can complain about it, you can write to the publisher, you can write to the papers, you can write your own book. You can do all those things, but there your rights stop. No one has the right to stop me writing this book. No one has the right to stop it being published, or sold, or bought, or read.”

“Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all others can't stop you. The only one who stops you is yourself.”