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.

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.

I was afraid of marriage. I had the impression married life would take up all my time. I saw myself drowning in visits and parties. No freedom.

paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality.

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

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

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.