By : Naguib Mahfouz 0 Likes
We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
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.
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
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
I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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
My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
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