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> [When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day, that week ... I write stories the same way. Events at home, in school, at work, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/when-you-spend-time-with-your-friends-what-do-you-talk-about-those/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

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## More by Naguib Mahfouz

> [Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/writing-is-for-men-who-can-think-and-feel-not-mindless-sensation/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/he-seemed-to-be-waiting-for-a-miracle-to-save-him-from-the-depths-his/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/i-thought-they-would-never-select-an-eastern-writer-for-the-nobel-i/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [Happy is he who can give himself up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/happy-is-he-who-can-give-himself-up/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [We wont develop until we accept that reading is a vital necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/we-wont-develop-until-we-accept-that-reading-is-a-vital-necessity/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/the-arab-world-also-won-the-nobel-with-me-i-believe-that/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/i-am-the-son-of-two-civilizations-that-at-a-certain-age-in-history/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/god-did-not-intend-religion-to-be-an-exercise-club/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/if-life-has-no-meaning-why-don-t-we-create-a-meaning-for-it/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/i-accepted-the-interviews-and-encounters-that-had-to-be-held-with-the/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/events-at-home-at-work-in-the-street-these-are-the-bases-for-a-story/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/today-s-interpretations-of-religion-are-often-backward-and-contradict/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/i-am-practically-in-the-employ-of-mr-nobel-i-have-to-meet-everyone-he/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/i-reject-any-path-which-rejects-life-but-i-can-t-help-loving-sufism/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

> [At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/at-my-age-it-is-unseemly-to-be-pessimistic/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

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