Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.
Naguib Mahfouz

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.
Naguib Mahfouz

We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
Naguib Mahfouz

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
Naguib Mahfouz

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
Naguib Mahfouz

Without literature my life would be miserable.
Naguib Mahfouz

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Naguib Mahfouz