One love, one heart. . . Let’s get together and feel all right
Revolution should be Syrian, cannot be revolution imported from abroad.
If you want to talk about mistakes, every country has mistakes, every government has mistakes, every person has mistakes. When you have a war, you have more mistakes. That's the natural thing.
From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.
[A conflict of Sunni vs. Shia] is in the mind of the Saudis, and this is in the minds of the Wahabists. [The Iranians] actually what they are doing is the opposite. They tried to open channels with the Saudi, with many other Islamic entities in the region in order to talk about Islamic society, not Sunni and Shi'ite societies.
Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that's just the way it is.
Did the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of course not.
If you are a parent it helps if you are a grown-up.
A lot of good musicians made me look good.
The real freedom comes to us when we can learn to go inside and connect with that voice. Then, we're not relying on outsiders.
I think I was always writing books that had very clear scenic structures. I do tend to write in scenes. I do tend to have a fair amount of dialogue. And I do tend to use stories that don't sprawl all over the place, that have a very sharp focus in terms of how they unfold in time.