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My Countrymen Have The Right To Shake My Hand And Talk To Me If They So Wish. Don't Forget That Their Support And Their Reading Of My Works Is What Brought Me The Nobel Prize.

I Believe Society Has A Right To Defend Itself, Just As The Individual Has The Right To Attack That With Which He Disagrees.

I Was Afraid Of Marriage. I Had The Impression Married Life Would Take Up All My Time. I Saw Myself Drowning In Visits And Parties. No Freedom.

The Arab World Also Won The Nobel With Me. I Believe That International Doors Have Opened, And That From Now On, Literate People Will Consider Arab Literature Also. We Deserve That Recognition.

I Accepted The Interviews And Encounters That Had To Be Held With The Media, But I Would Have Preferred To Work In Peace.