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Aleksandar Hemon Quotes

Wherever there’s capitalism there’s this inclination toward simplicity. There’s also a human need to process complicated things by turning them into something else Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that everyone should have a philosophical answer to any given question. There are things that need to be done Picture Quote #1

You don’t want your neurosurgeon to have doubts about the meaning of it all while he or she is operating on your brain Picture Quote #1

What fiction and art can do, particularly narrative art, is construct consciousness - in a sense, we have to do it for the first time, every time Picture Quote #1

We, as writers, have to figure out a way to create a consciousness in language. It’s crazy even to attempt to do that Picture Quote #1

I’ve never meditated for a moment in my life. I don’t know how it works. But one of the things you have to do to put yourself in the meditating mode is stop narrating yourself to yourself Picture Quote #1

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You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap, stories are generated Picture Quote #1

Despite all that I know rationally, and everything that I can put into words, I can say that I have difficulty giving up the notion of the nobility of art Picture Quote #1

I want to make money, and I would like to have a lot of money, but I still believe that the only reason to write is that somehow it will make something or somebody better Picture Quote #1

I do believe - and I know I shouldn’t - that art transcends money and success and any of that. You can still do it if you’re not clinging to the notion of nobility Picture Quote #1

I cannot think of a country in which I would be happy with the government and dominant ideology and available propaganda Picture Quote #1

I have two homes, like someone who leaves their hometown and/or parents and then establishes a life elsewhere. They might say that they’re going home when they return to see old friends or parents, but then they go home as well when they go to where they live now. Sarajevo is home, Chicago is home Picture Quote #1

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I read everything I could find in English - Twain, Henry James, Hemingway, really everything. And then after a while I started writing shorter pieces in English, and one of them got published in a literary magazine and that’s how it got started. After that, graduate school didn’t seem very important Picture Quote #1

Our daughter was born in Chicago, and she’s already showing it. The temperature has to be approaching zero for her to wear a hat Picture Quote #1

I actually didn’t listen to the Beatles song ‘Nowhere Man’ when I was writing my book of the same name. What I listened to a lot was ‘Abbey Road.’ Its disjointedness and its readiness to confuse only to delight were inspiring to me Picture Quote #1

I did not intend to stay; I had no experience in the United States - I may have been here less than 24 hours - but I knew I would never get inside there. And ‘there’ not being America necessarily, but that harmonious mode of living that some people are lucky enough to have in this country Picture Quote #1

I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation Picture Quote #1

For people who are displaced, you can reconstruct the story of your life from the objects you have access to, but if you don’t have the objects then there are holes in your life. This is why people in Bosnia - if anyone was running back into a burning house, it was to salvage photos Picture Quote #1

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When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no choice but to stay here after the civil war, so I enrolled at Northwestern in a master’s program and studied American literature Picture Quote #1

Chicago is not a bad place to live. But the usual story of immigration is the happy fulfillment of human potential in America that is not available anywhere else - it’s propaganda, really. It’s more complicated than that Picture Quote #1

Outsider means I will accept the possibility that I don’t have responsibility for what is happening inside my domain Picture Quote #1

You are always working on your worst book and your best book at the same time. The praise does not make you write better, and it shouldn’t make you write worse, either Picture Quote #1

I long for, not a writer’s retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader’s retreat Picture Quote #1

I end up writing something every day, since I develop six or seven things at the same time - soccer columns, this and that Picture Quote #1

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There’s no bad writing; you did something. I was operating inside language, and I did something. I’m not ashamed of it Picture Quote #1

I like the idea of a book being a democratic space which readers enter, carrying their own thoughts, and participate in a conversation, or experience of grace Picture Quote #1

When I found myself in the U.S., and the war was at full swing in Bosnia, I read for survival - it was a means of thought resuscitation Picture Quote #1

The mind is complicated and you can’t trace the roots of its processes, but there is something about mathematical and algorithmic patterns that I like to recognize in things Picture Quote #1

Wherever there’s capitalism there’s this inclination toward simplicity. There’s also a human need to process complicated things by turning them into something else Picture Quote #1

I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I’m confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption Picture Quote #1

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Wherever there’s capitalism there’s this inclination toward simplicity. There’s also a human need to process complicated things by turning them into something else (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I don’t think that everyone should have a philosophical answer to any given question. There are things that need to be done (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) You don’t want your neurosurgeon to have doubts about the meaning of it all while he or she is operating on your brain (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) What fiction and art can do, particularly narrative art, is construct consciousness - in a sense, we have to do it for the first time, every time (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) We, as writers, have to figure out a way to create a consciousness in language. It’s crazy even to attempt to do that (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I’ve never meditated for a moment in my life. I don’t know how it works. But one of the things you have to do to put yourself in the meditating mode is stop narrating yourself to yourself (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap, stories are generated (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) Despite all that I know rationally, and everything that I can put into words, I can say that I have difficulty giving up the notion of the nobility of art (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I want to make money, and I would like to have a lot of money, but I still believe that the only reason to write is that somehow it will make something or somebody better (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I do believe - and I know I shouldn’t - that art transcends money and success and any of that. You can still do it if you’re not clinging to the notion of nobility (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I cannot think of a country in which I would be happy with the government and dominant ideology and available propaganda (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I have two homes, like someone who leaves their hometown and/or parents and then establishes a life elsewhere. They might say that they’re going home when they return to see old friends or parents, but then they go home as well when they go to where they live now. Sarajevo is home, Chicago is home (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I read everything I could find in English - Twain, Henry James, Hemingway, really everything. And then after a while I started writing shorter pieces in English, and one of them got published in a literary magazine and that’s how it got started. After that, graduate school didn’t seem very important (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) Our daughter was born in Chicago, and she’s already showing it. The temperature has to be approaching zero for her to wear a hat (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I actually didn’t listen to the Beatles song ‘Nowhere Man’ when I was writing my book of the same name. What I listened to a lot was ‘Abbey Road.’ Its disjointedness and its readiness to confuse only to delight were inspiring to me (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I did not intend to stay; I had no experience in the United States - I may have been here less than 24 hours - but I knew I would never get inside there. And ‘there’ not being America necessarily, but that harmonious mode of living that some people are lucky enough to have in this country (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) For people who are displaced, you can reconstruct the story of your life from the objects you have access to, but if you don’t have the objects then there are holes in your life. This is why people in Bosnia - if anyone was running back into a burning house, it was to salvage photos (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no choice but to stay here after the civil war, so I enrolled at Northwestern in a master’s program and studied American literature (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) Chicago is not a bad place to live. But the usual story of immigration is the happy fulfillment of human potential in America that is not available anywhere else - it’s propaganda, really. It’s more complicated than that (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) Outsider means I will accept the possibility that I don’t have responsibility for what is happening inside my domain (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) You are always working on your worst book and your best book at the same time. The praise does not make you write better, and it shouldn’t make you write worse, either. (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I long for, not a writer’s retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader’s retreat (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I end up writing something every day, since I develop six or seven things at the same time - soccer columns, this and that. (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) There’s no bad writing; you did something. I was operating inside language, and I did something. I’m not ashamed of it. (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I like the idea of a book being a democratic space which readers enter, carrying their own thoughts, and participate in a conversation, or experience of grace. (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) When I found myself in the U.S., and the war was at full swing in Bosnia, I read for survival - it was a means of thought resuscitation. (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) The mind is complicated and you can’t trace the roots of its processes, but there is something about mathematical and algorithmic patterns that I like to recognize in things. (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) Wherever there’s capitalism there’s this inclination toward simplicity. There’s also a human need to process complicated things by turning them into something else. (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes) I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I’m confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption. (Aleksandar Hemon Quotes)

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