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Mohsin Hamid Quotes

...status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth Picture Quote #1

There is a huge sense of loneliness as people leave villages and move to cities. It’s hard to find that human connection as you move away from where you started Picture Quote #1

Most Muslims do not ‘choose’ Islam in the way that they choose to become doctors or lawyers, nor even in the way that they choose to become fans of Coldplay or Radiohead. Most Muslims, like people of any faith, are born into their religion Picture Quote #1

Being outside the candy store looking in is the state of people today. Whether you’re in a Pakistani village watching somebody in a car drive by, or you’re in the city of Lahore going to a restaurant and seeing somebody with a security entourage coming in... you’re exposed to people with more Picture Quote #1

I’m not a representative of Pakistan; I’m just an example that Pakistanis are different from each other. I believe it in my fiction and I believe it personally Picture Quote #1

Part of the reason people abroad resent the United States is something Americans can do very little about: envy. The richest, most powerful country in the world attracts the jealousy of others in much the same way that the richest, most powerful man in a small town attracts the jealousy of others Picture Quote #1

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For people who are at the bottom economically, the world is becoming a harder and harder place. And yet the incentives to become rich are so great because enormous amounts of wealth are being accumulated. And so those two things, that carrot and stick, are beating people along this trajectory of trying desperately to move up in the world Picture Quote #1

My earliest memories are of watching Star Trek and MASH while my parents barbecued chicken in the back yard. I was an American kid, through and through Picture Quote #1

Which is stronger, politics or love? is like asking, Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling? They are two sides of the same thing Picture Quote #1

Television has given Pakistan a truly open national forum for the first time in its history. Ideas are debated, leaders are assessed and criticised, and a nation of 170 million people is finally discovering, together, what it thinks Picture Quote #1

I think there’s a growing courage among the younger generation of American writers. Because of the more superficial treatment of characters taking place in cinema, they have had to deal with that by digging deeper into who these people are Picture Quote #1

You’re never rude,’ she said, smiling, ‘and I think it’s good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care Picture Quote #1

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I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in my senior year there, I took a long fiction workshop with Toni Morrison. I fell in love with it Picture Quote #1

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself Picture Quote #1

There’s a reason prophets perform miracles; language lacks the power to describe faith Picture Quote #1

The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son Picture Quote #1

She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself Picture Quote #1

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain Picture Quote #1

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Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change Picture Quote #1

Literature helps us transcend ourselves Picture Quote #1

If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if I’m truly at home in any language Picture Quote #1

What else is belief but direction? Picture Quote #1

If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren’t differences at all Picture Quote #1

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I believe one can gauge a book’s impact only after about 10 years Picture Quote #1

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience Picture Quote #1

How many big businesses don’t resort to underhand means? Picture Quote #1

Readers don’t work for writers. They work for themselves Picture Quote #1

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think Picture Quote #1

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is Picture Quote #1

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...status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) There is a huge sense of loneliness as people leave villages and move to cities. It’s hard to find that human connection as you move away from where you started. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Most Muslims do not ‘choose’ Islam in the way that they choose to become doctors or lawyers, nor even in the way that they choose to become fans of Coldplay or Radiohead. Most Muslims, like people of any faith, are born into their religion. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Being outside the candy store looking in is the state of people today. Whether you’re in a Pakistani village watching somebody in a car drive by, or you’re in the city of Lahore going to a restaurant and seeing somebody with a security entourage coming in... you’re exposed to people with more. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I’m not a representative of Pakistan; I’m just an example that Pakistanis are different from each other. I believe it in my fiction and I believe it personally. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Part of the reason people abroad resent the United States is something Americans can do very little about: envy. The richest, most powerful country in the world attracts the jealousy of others in much the same way that the richest, most powerful man in a small town attracts the jealousy of others. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) For people who are at the bottom economically, the world is becoming a harder and harder place. And yet the incentives to become rich are so great because enormous amounts of wealth are being accumulated. And so those two things, that carrot and stick, are beating people along this trajectory of trying desperately to move up in the world (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) My earliest memories are of watching Star Trek and MASH while my parents barbecued chicken in the back yard. I was an American kid, through and through (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Which is stronger, politics or love? is like asking, Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling? They are two sides of the same thing (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Television has given Pakistan a truly open national forum for the first time in its history. Ideas are debated, leaders are assessed and criticised, and a nation of 170 million people is finally discovering, together, what it thinks (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I think there’s a growing courage among the younger generation of American writers. Because of the more superficial treatment of characters taking place in cinema, they have had to deal with that by digging deeper into who these people are (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) You’re never rude,’ she said, smiling, ‘and I think it’s good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in my senior year there, I took a long fiction workshop with Toni Morrison. I fell in love with it (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) There’s a reason prophets perform miracles; language lacks the power to describe faith (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Literature helps us transcend ourselves (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I don’t know if I’m truly at home in any language (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) What else is belief but direction? (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren’t differences at all (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I believe one can gauge a book’s impact only after about 10 years (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) How many big businesses don’t resort to underhand means? (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Readers don’t work for writers. They work for themselves (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Being a writer is not the point. Writing is (Mohsin Hamid Quotes)

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