Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.

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.

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

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

My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.