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.

Only the poor are handicapped by honor.

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

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

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

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

If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?