Naguib Mahfouz Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.”

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

“Sadat made us feel more secure.”

“The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.”

“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.”

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

“My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize.”