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"The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems."
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"I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday."
"In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works."
"It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat."
"I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me."
"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."
"I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace."
"I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party."
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