Insults are the business of the court.

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.

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

When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day, that week ... I write stories the same way. Events at home, in school, at work, in the street, these are the bases for a story. Some experiences leave such a deep impression that instead of talking about them at the club I work them into a novel.

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.

One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.