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.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.
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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.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
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