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

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 I see.

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

We wont develop until we accept that reading is a vital necessity.

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.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.