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

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According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the...

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the...

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our...

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our...

We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social...

We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social...

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...

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

Happy is he who can give himself up.

Happy is he who can give himself up.

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...

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...

I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he...

I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he...

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have...

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have...

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education...

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education...

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

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

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...

One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary...

One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary...

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake...

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake...

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 didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80...

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80...

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...

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

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

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard...

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard...