Naguib Mahfouz quotes - page 2

If we reject science, we reject the common man. (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.

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

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It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.

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

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Insults are the business of the court.

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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.

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Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.

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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.

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

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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. (Naguib Mahfouz)

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

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

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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.

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Naguib Mahfouz

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Occupation: Egyptian Novelist
Born: December 11, 1911
Died: August 30, 2006
Quotes count: 55
Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz

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