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If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
If we reject science, we reject the common man.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
Insults are the business of the court.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.
Written by Naguib Mahfouz

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