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
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. – Naguib Mahfouz
Ive never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. – Naguib Mahfouz
I would be the last to condemn the thousands of sincere and dedicated people outside the churches who have labored unselfishly through various humanitarian movements to cure the world of social evils, for I would rather a man be a committed humanist than an uncommitted Christian. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Strength to Love, 1963