There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.