The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

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

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

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

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.

Only the poor are handicapped by honor.

When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day, that week ... I write stories the same way. Events at home, in school, at work, in the street, these are the bases for a story. Some experiences leave such a deep impression that instead of talking about them at the club I work them into a novel.