Naguib Mahfouz Nobel Quotations

My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.

I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.

One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.

I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me.