Author: Naguib Mahfouz

Quotes

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

- Naguib Mahfouz

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

- Naguib Mahfouz

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 were.

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 were.

- Naguib Mahfouz

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.

- Naguib Mahfouz

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 of things.

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 of things.

- Naguib Mahfouz

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.

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.

- Naguib Mahfouz

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

- 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

Insults are the business of the court.

Insults are the business of the court.

- Naguib Mahfouz

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