By : Naguib Mahfouz 0 Likes
We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.
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.
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
There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
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.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
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
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