Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. Naguib Mahfouz Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level. Naguib Mahfouz Read Quote
One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages. Naguib Mahfouz Read Quote
In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works. Naguib Mahfouz Read Quote
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. Naguib Mahfouz Read Quote
I’ve never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. Naguib Mahfouz Read Quote
I didn’t make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature. Naguib Mahfouz Read Quote
