Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.

Without literature my life would be miserable.

A priest's life is spent between question and answer-- or between a question and the attempt to answer it. The question is the summary of the spiritual life.

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.