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Stories Quotes by Naguib Mahfouz
- 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.
- When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day, that week ...…
- The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is 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…
- Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
- 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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