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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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" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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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. "

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

" Without literature my life would be miserable. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Insults are the business of the court. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" If we reject science, we reject the common man. "