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

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" Sadat made us feel more secure. "

" Insults are the business of the court. "

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

" You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. "

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

" I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers. "

" I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. "

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

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

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

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