Tahar Ben Jelloun

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I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper. A writer creates an imaginary world that he transmits to others.
- Tahar Ben Jelloun
Collection: Writing
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In the 70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
- Tahar Ben Jelloun
Collection: Exile