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" At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic. "

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" Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. "

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

" 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. "

" I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. "

" I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. "

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

" I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. "

" Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story. "

" 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. "

" The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art. "

" I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening. "

" 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. "

" I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat. "

" 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. "

" If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. "

" 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. "

" I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature. "

" Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. "

" 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 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. "

" Sadat made us feel more secure. "

" It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts. "

" I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. "

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