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

Quote by Naguib Mahfouz

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Happy is he who can give himself up.

Happy is he who can give himself up.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have...

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have...

Sadat made us feel more secure.

Sadat made us feel more secure.

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...

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...

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 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...

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying...

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying...

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

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

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

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 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.

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...

Without literature my life would be miserable.

Without literature my life would be miserable.

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...