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

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 heart is a place of secrets.

In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain.

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.

Literature should be more revolutionary than revolutions themselves; writers must find the means to continue to be critical of the negative elements in the sociopolitical reality.

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