Author: Naguib Mahfouz

Quotes

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

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

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.

- Naguib Mahfouz

Insults are the business of the court.

Insults are the business of the court.

- Naguib Mahfouz

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

- Naguib Mahfouz

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

- Naguib Mahfouz

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

- Naguib Mahfouz

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

- Naguib Mahfouz

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

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

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.

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.

- Naguib Mahfouz

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