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

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.

I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.

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

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

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

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.