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Quotes by Naguib Mahfouz
- I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
- I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
- I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.
- I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.
- 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 was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
- I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
- If we reject science, we reject the common man.
- If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.
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