God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

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

If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.