"I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace."

-- Naguib Mahfouz

#Media Quotes #Literature Quotes #Interviews Quotes

“Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.”
“If she is pleasing to one man, a girl is taken care of.”
“Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama . . . . Either one is serious about salvation or one is not. And it is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits the maximum amount of comedy. Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.”
“Beauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of leisure time.”
“Fame compensates for a column of wants.”
“Every man's death is standing in for every other. And since death comes to all there is no way to abate the fear of it except to love the man who stands for us.”
“When I was in college, I lost my scholarship one year. I had enough money for tuition, but not room and board. So I camped in the hills.”
“There seems to be a lot of excitement around something that, to me, is a yawn, frankly,”

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