Egyptian - Novelist | December 11, 1911 - August 30, 2006
Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
Naguib Mahfouz
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God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.
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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
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I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.
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