Author: Naguib Mahfouz

Quotes

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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