We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday... view

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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature... view

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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred... view

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My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize... view

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Insults are the business of the court... view

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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way... view

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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story... view

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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... view

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It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts... view

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God did not intend religion to be an exercise club... view

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At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic... view

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The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems... view

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