Literature Should Be More Revolutionary Than Revolutions

The Koran And The Laws Of All Civilized Nations Legislate Against The Vilification Of Religions.

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.

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.

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.

Art Is A Criticism Of Society And Life, And I Believe That If Life Became Perfect, Art Would Be Meaningless And Cease To Exist.