By : Naguib Mahfouz 0 Likes
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.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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.
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.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.
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.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
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.
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.
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.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.
By : Naguib Mahfouz