Top 47 Quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.

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

The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.

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.

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

Insults are the business of the court.

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.