Best Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
- The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems. Criminal
- 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. Appreciated
- The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art. Art
- 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… Critical
- Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. Backward
- Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. Imposed
- I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the… Conviction
- God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. Club
- If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. Egypt
- In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works. Bread
- Insults are the business of the court. Business
- You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. Answers
- I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to… Answer
- According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment. According
- 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… Admired
- Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story. Bases
- 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… Both
- It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat. Always Praying
- 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… Change
- I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening. Employee
- If we reject science, we reject the common man. Common
- 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. Agriculture
- History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. Always Defended
- I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. Accepted
- I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature. Any