If We Reject Science, We

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.

I Consider Khomeini's Position Dangerous. He Does Not Have The Right To Pass Judgment-that Is Not The Islamic Way.

If You Want To Move People, You Look For A Point Of Sensitivity, And In Egypt Nothing Moves People As Much As Religion.

Today's Interpretations Of Religion Are Often Backward And Contradict The Needs Of Civilization.

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.