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

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Sadat made us feel more secure. "

" Without literature my life would be miserable. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Insults are the business of the court. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "