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

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

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

" Without literature my life would be miserable. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" Insults are the business of the court. "

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

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

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

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