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

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

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" Without literature my life would be miserable. "

" 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. "

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

" The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Insults are the business of the court. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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