The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
“No blasphemy harms Islam and Muslims so much as the call for murdering a writer” — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Literature should be more revolutionary than revolutions themselves; writers must find the means to continue to be critical of the negative elements… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day,… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
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… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share
