Naguib Mahfouz

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

age


Naguib Mahfouz

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.

change


Naguib Mahfouz

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.

education


Naguib Mahfouz

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.

freedom


Naguib Mahfouz

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

funny


Naguib Mahfouz

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

god


Naguib Mahfouz

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

history


Naguib Mahfouz

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

home


Naguib Mahfouz

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.

morning


Naguib Mahfouz

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

morning


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