Naguib Mahfouz Quotes

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

Without literature my life would be miserable. - Naguib Mahfouz

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

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

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

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see. - Naguib Mahfouz

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art. - Naguib Mahfouz

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

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