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

Quote by Naguib Mahfouz

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

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

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

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

Sadat made us feel more secure.

Sadat made us feel more secure.

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must...

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must...

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in...

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in...

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it...

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it...

Without literature my life would be miserable.

Without literature my life would be miserable.

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like...

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like...

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism...

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism...

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which...

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which...

My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they...

My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they...

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

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

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of...

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of...

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling...

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling...

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget...

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget...

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

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

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

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the...

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the...

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and...

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and...

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but...

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but...