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Mohsin Hamid Quotes

I think there’s really strong social stratification in South Asia Picture Quote #1

I’d rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book Picture Quote #1

The ruins proclaim the building was beautiful Picture Quote #1

The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he seems rather unsuccessful at winning people over who don’t already agree with him Picture Quote #1

I come from an enormous and very close family. I have over a dozen aunts and uncles in Pakistan, dozens of cousins. I have many close friends. I have received so much love in Lahore that the city always pulls me Picture Quote #1

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Certainly, historically, there has been more attention given in the international media to Indian English-language writers than to Pakistani English-language writers. But that, in my opinion, was justified by the sheer number of excellent writers coming from India and the Indian diaspora Picture Quote #1

As a child I read all kinds of stuff, whether it was ‘Asterix and Obelix’ and ‘Tin Tin’ comic books, or ‘Lord of the Rings,’ or Frank Herbert’s sci-fi. Or ‘The Wind in the Willows.’ Or ‘Charlotte’s Web.’ Picture Quote #1

Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has done abroad. And they need to play a more active role in ensuring that what the United States does abroad is not merely in keeping with a foreign policy elite’s sense of realpolitik but also with the American public’s own sense of American values Picture Quote #1

Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it’s ‘Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.’ And each time we hear of Pakistan it’s in that context Picture Quote #1

I was 30 when 9/11 happened and I had lived exactly 15 years of life in America, so I was half American. I was a full-fledged New Yorker Picture Quote #1

In Sufi terms, there are two very interesting notions of transcendence. One is to gaze out at the universe and to comprehend that what you see out there reflects what you are. The other one is to look inside yourself and recognise that the universe is present there Picture Quote #1

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In writing literary fiction, you are trying to help yourself. And readers are going to literary fiction not just to be entertained, but because they feel something else will happen; that the experience will take them beyond themselves and show them something they haven’t seen before Picture Quote #1

I think I’ve always been drawn to the second person. When I was growing up and playing with my friends, the usual way we interacted with imaginary worlds was as characters: a bench was ‘your’ boat, leaves on a lawn were the fins of sharks out to get ‘you.’ Picture Quote #1

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure if guys are supposed to read Vanity Fair. I feel very metrosexual with it but am not sure it’s in my comfort zone Picture Quote #1

Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state Picture Quote #1

America’s strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a Lilliputian Picture Quote #1

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Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred Picture Quote #1

Novel writing is solitary work Picture Quote #1

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response Picture Quote #1

When I travel, I feel more like a nomad than a tourist Picture Quote #1

There are many cultural scenes in Lahore, just as there are in London. And there is a celebrity culture here, just as there is in London. But in Lahore, the celebrity scene doesn’t drown out the rest quite so much Picture Quote #1

Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you feel almost broken many, many times in the journey to a novel, you haven’t pushed yourself hard enough Picture Quote #1

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Basically, asking me what kind of music I like is like asking what kind of food I like: ‘Anything that tastes good,’ is the answer. I’m the kind of guy who spends three times as much on his speakers as he does on his television Picture Quote #1

The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism Picture Quote #1

My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn’t remember one conversation I had with them about religion Picture Quote #1

Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn’t another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect Picture Quote #1

It’s in being read that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million different readings a book become one of a million different books . . Picture Quote #1

Like many of my friends in the Pakistani diaspora - and many of my friends in Pakistan itself, for that matter - I have sometimes looked at the country of my birth and wondered whether its future will be one of steady and sad decline Picture Quote #1

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I think there’s really strong social stratification in South Asia (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I’d rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) The ruins proclaim the building was beautiful (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I don’t want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he seems rather unsuccessful at winning people over who don’t already agree with him (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I come from an enormous and very close family. I have over a dozen aunts and uncles in Pakistan, dozens of cousins. I have many close friends. I have received so much love in Lahore that the city always pulls me (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Certainly, historically, there has been more attention given in the international media to Indian English-language writers than to Pakistani English-language writers. But that, in my opinion, was justified by the sheer number of excellent writers coming from India and the Indian diaspora (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) As a child I read all kinds of stuff, whether it was ‘Asterix and Obelix’ and ‘Tin Tin’ comic books, or ‘Lord of the Rings,’ or Frank Herbert’s sci-fi. Or ‘The Wind in the Willows.’ Or ‘Charlotte’s Web.’ (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has done abroad. And they need to play a more active role in ensuring that what the United States does abroad is not merely in keeping with a foreign policy elite’s sense of realpolitik but also with the American public’s own sense of American values (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it’s ‘Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.’ And each time we hear of Pakistan it’s in that context (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I was 30 when 9/11 happened and I had lived exactly 15 years of life in America, so I was half American. I was a full-fledged New Yorker (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) In Sufi terms, there are two very interesting notions of transcendence. One is to gaze out at the universe and to comprehend that what you see out there reflects what you are. The other one is to look inside yourself and recognise that the universe is present there (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) In writing literary fiction, you are trying to help yourself. And readers are going to literary fiction not just to be entertained, but because they feel something else will happen; that the experience will take them beyond themselves and show them something they haven’t seen before (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I think I’ve always been drawn to the second person. When I was growing up and playing with my friends, the usual way we interacted with imaginary worlds was as characters: a bench was ‘your’ boat, leaves on a lawn were the fins of sharks out to get ‘you.’ (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I’m not sure if guys are supposed to read Vanity Fair. I feel very metrosexual with it but am not sure it’s in my comfort zone (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) America’s strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a Lilliputian (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Novel writing is solitary work (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) When I travel, I feel more like a nomad than a tourist (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) There are many cultural scenes in Lahore, just as there are in London. And there is a celebrity culture here, just as there is in London. But in Lahore, the celebrity scene doesn’t drown out the rest quite so much. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you feel almost broken many, many times in the journey to a novel, you haven’t pushed yourself hard enough. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Basically, asking me what kind of music I like is like asking what kind of food I like: ‘Anything that tastes good,’ is the answer. I’m the kind of guy who spends three times as much on his speakers as he does on his television. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn’t remember one conversation I had with them about religion. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn’t another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) It’s in being read that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million different readings a book become one of a million different books . . . (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Like many of my friends in the Pakistani diaspora - and many of my friends in Pakistan itself, for that matter - I have sometimes looked at the country of my birth and wondered whether its future will be one of steady and sad decline. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes)

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