Tahar Ben Jelloun

I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.

I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!