Abdellah Taia Quotes

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 you have to be physically strong. The literary work is more mystical, because it's only the writer, and connected to something inside.

Abdellah Taia

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• Film
• Making
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  Abdellah Taia
  • Writing
  • Film
  • Making