I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.
More Quotes from Naguib Mahfouz:
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
We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
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
An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
Naguib Mahfouz
I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.
Naguib Mahfouz
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Books QuotesI didn't work on the killing floor. I worked in the section where you break the meat down and package it.
Marg Helgenberger
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
David Mamet
I felt just overwhelmed by input: the Vietnam war and the collapse of the '60s and the proliferation of media' it just felt like everything was too much to handle and you just tuned out.
Richard Hell