God Did Not Intend Religion To Be

When You Spend Time With Your Friends, What Do You Talk About? Those Things Which Made An Impression On You That Day, That Week ... I Write Stories The Same Way. Events At Home, In School, At Work, In The Street, These Are The Bases For A Story. Some Experiences Leave Such A Deep Impression That Instead Of Talking About Them At The Club I Work Them Into A Novel.

An Allegory Is Not Meant To Be Taken Literally. There Is A Great Lack Of Comprehension On The Part Of Some Readers.

The Arab World Also Won The Nobel With Me. I Believe That International Doors Have Opened, And That From Now On, Literate People Will Consider Arab Literature Also. We Deserve That Recognition.

For The First Time In My Life, I Felt That A Wave, A Justice Was Sweeping Away A Deep-seated Decay Without Any Indulgence. I Dearly Wished That It Would Keep Going Without Hesitation Or Deviation, In A Spirit Of Purity Forever.

I Believe In Life And In People. I Feel Obliged To Advocate Their Highest Ideals As Long As I Believe Them To Be True. I Also See Myself Compelled To Revolt Against Ideals I Believe To Be False, Since Recoiling From Rebellion Would Be A Form Of Treason