Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
Naguib MahfouzAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: egyptian
- Born: December 11, 1911
- Died: August 30, 2006
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I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little.
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