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.

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

We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.

It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.

Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.

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.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.