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… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
Everyone hasn't got the power to free oneself and go away to another place or country... No one is capable of freeing oneself from… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
Many Europeans think that all Moroccans speak French, but no. I had to make an effort to learn it when I studied French literature… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
Any gay person understands at some point that he or she has to disappear, to become invisible. That's very difficult. You somehow have to… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
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… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
My family spent many years sleeping side by side in the same room. It's important for me to not separate myself from them or to say that I've suffered more than they have because I'm gay. We all suffered from the same political rejection, and from poverty. When you're starving with eleven other people in the same room, you become… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share
I started to write because of my dream to become a filmmaker. I got to know about a film school in Paris and it… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
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… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
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… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
People think that I only write about homosexuality, but that's not true. — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
