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" According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment. "

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

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" If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last. "

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

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

" I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me. "

" 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. "

" We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Insults are the business of the court. "

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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. "

" Without literature my life would be miserable. "

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" 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. "

" 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 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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" In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works. "

" 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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" One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages. "

" 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. "

" The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. "

" Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free. "