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 americancharactercinema share on social
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 assesscriticisedebate share on social
The four places I've called home in my life have been Lahore, London, New York and California. And I have a very strong tie to each one of those four places. Mohsin Hamid californiacallhave Change image and share on social
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 completelyconversationday share on social
Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality. Mohsin Hamid dealdecentlife Change image and share on social
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 carolclasscouple Change image and share on social
Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred. Mohsin Hamid blurcentrelove Change image and share on social
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 breakfeelgood share on social
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 agreeartistdisparage Change image and share on social
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 auntcityclose share on social