Only the poor are handicapped by honor.

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.

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.

He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.