Happy is he who can give himself up.

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

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

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.

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.

My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize.

paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality.