He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.

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.

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.

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

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

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.

The real malady is fear of life, not of death