My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize.
From Naguib Mahfouz
The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.
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.
I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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.
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.
The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.
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