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Hari Kunzru Quotes

There’s nothing New York likes more than a thing. Or a place. Or a place that’s a thing. Or a thing that happens to be a place Picture Quote #1

I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay Picture Quote #1

There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that’s a way of domesticating it Picture Quote #1

There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people still slap these images on my books and I go bananas Picture Quote #1

Suburbia is all about private ownership and not having to share, and it leads to a paranoid, defensive mindset. I know this, having grown up in Essex Picture Quote #1

Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There’s always one place that’s the place. That’s how it works Picture Quote #1

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I suffer from vertigo. It’s paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I’ve been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales Picture Quote #1

I enjoy thinking myself into other times and places. I don’t like some of the conventions of the ‘historical novel’, but I think there’s a way of doing it that has a lot of merit Picture Quote #1

But it’s the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes it onto the page. That’s why I don’t just do library research. I very rarely write about somewhere I haven’t been Picture Quote #1

Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama’s election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening Picture Quote #1

There’s an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that’s exciting Picture Quote #1

In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal Picture Quote #1

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Several times in my life I’ve gone through long periods without sex or any other kind of physical contact. The hunger it produces is deep and low; it’s possible to lose track of it, to forget or fail to perceive how it’s emptied everything out of you and made the world papery and thin. Touch starved, you brush against existence like a stick against dry leaves. You become insubstantial yourself, a hungry ghost Picture Quote #1

I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium Picture Quote #1

When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are telling me what to think, I get harrumphy Picture Quote #1

I’m fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They’re highly mobile; they reject the idea of place Picture Quote #1

I think it’s important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments Picture Quote #1

I can see a version of my life where it all becomes meaningless. On a good day, writing seems noble. Other times, it’s narcissistic and pointless Picture Quote #1

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I tried to take seriously the idea that if you tortured language you might arrive at some new truth. Later it became clear to me that I was retreading ground by fighting the literary battles of the 1950s and 1960s, and that I was actually a bit bored by some of the books I professed to love Picture Quote #1

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There’s nothing New York likes more than a thing. Or a place. Or a place that’s a thing. Or a thing that happens to be a place (Hari Kunzru Quotes) I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay. (Hari Kunzru Quotes) There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that’s a way of domesticating it (Hari Kunzru Quotes) There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people still slap these images on my books and I go bananas (Hari Kunzru Quotes) Suburbia is all about private ownership and not having to share, and it leads to a paranoid, defensive mindset. I know this, having grown up in Essex (Hari Kunzru Quotes) Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There’s always one place that’s the place. That’s how it works (Hari Kunzru Quotes) I suffer from vertigo. It’s paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I’ve been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales (Hari Kunzru Quotes) I enjoy thinking myself into other times and places. I don’t like some of the conventions of the ‘historical novel’, but I think there’s a way of doing it that has a lot of merit (Hari Kunzru Quotes) But it’s the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes it onto the page. That’s why I don’t just do library research. I very rarely write about somewhere I haven’t been (Hari Kunzru Quotes) Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama’s election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening (Hari Kunzru Quotes) There’s an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that’s exciting (Hari Kunzru Quotes) In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal (Hari Kunzru Quotes) Several times in my life I’ve gone through long periods without sex or any other kind of physical contact. The hunger it produces is deep and low; it’s possible to lose track of it, to forget or fail to perceive how it’s emptied everything out of you and made the world papery and thin. Touch starved, you brush against existence like a stick against dry leaves. You become insubstantial yourself, a hungry ghost (Hari Kunzru Quotes) I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium (Hari Kunzru Quotes) When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are telling me what to think, I get harrumphy (Hari Kunzru Quotes) I’m fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They’re highly mobile; they reject the idea of place (Hari Kunzru Quotes) I think it’s important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments (Hari Kunzru Quotes) I can see a version of my life where it all becomes meaningless. On a good day, writing seems noble. Other times, it’s narcissistic and pointless (Hari Kunzru Quotes) I tried to take seriously the idea that if you tortured language you might arrive at some new truth. Later it became clear to me that I was retreading ground by fighting the literary battles of the 1950s and 1960s, and that I was actually a bit bored by some of the books I professed to love (Hari Kunzru Quotes)