You Know What I'm Afraid Of? That

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.

One Effect That The Nobel Prize Seems To Have Had Is That More Arabic Literary Works Have Been Translated Into Other Languages.

Writing Is For Men Who Can Think And Feel, Not Mindless Sensation Seekers Out Of Nightclubs And Bars. But These Are Bad Times. We Are Condemned To Work With Upstarts, Clowns Who No Doubt Got Their Training In A Circus And Then Turned To Journalism As The Appropriate Place To Display Their Tricks.

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

We Wont Develop Until We Accept That Reading Is A Vital Necessity.