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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" Without literature my life would be miserable. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Insults are the business of the court. "

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

" I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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