“I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's.”
“If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.”
“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.”
“If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest”
“I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.”
“If I were to choose between the power of writing a poem and the ecstasy of a poem unwritten, I would choose the ecstasy. It is better poetry.”