Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought.

You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.

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

Without literature my life would be miserable.

I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.

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.

Happy is he who can give himself up.