“I love my sons, I love my husband, and I love my country. But in kingd...” — Manal al-Sharif Quote

I love my sons, I love my husband, and I love my country. But in kingdoms of men, there are few - if any - choices for women. Or the choices are such that there is no greater pain than having to choose.

I realised it is impossible to live with the rules they give Saudi women. Just impossible. You trying to do everything by the book, but you can never stay pure.

I measure the impact I make by how harsh the attacks are. The harsher the attacks, the better I am doing.

Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that.

Everything is possible; we just need to be hopeful and think of the world from a human perspective. The world is so small compared to the universe, so we shouldn't fight for petty things.

Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.

Themes rise and fall. Kingdoms rise and fall. Religions rise and fall.

And who is any of us, that without starvation he can go through the kingdoms of starvation?

Songs became little time periods of my life, little tales from certain periods, and you build these kingdoms and memories... they're all little personal relationships and places that I've stored in my head.

'Three Kingdoms' gives you a panoply of different routes; everyone can find their own path. It shows that sometimes the route to fulfilment or success is not the obvious one. You must take twists and turns to achieve a goal.