Madness is the acme of intelligence.

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.

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

It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities.

Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their training in a circus and then turned to journalism as the appropriate place to display their tricks.

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.