Top 83 Quotes by Mohsin Hamid

About Mohsin Hamid

These are some quotes by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid Writer, who was born in 1971.

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.

Mohsin Hamid

For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance.

For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance.

Mohsin Hamid

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

Mohsin Hamid

Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist interpretations of scripture.

Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist interpretations of scripture.

Mohsin Hamid

Islamophobia, in all its guises, seeks to minimise the importance of the individual and maximise the importance of the group. Yet our instinctive stance ought to be one of suspicion towards such endeavours. For individuals are undeniably real. Groups, on the other hand, are assertions of opinion.

Mohsin Hamid

How many big businesses don't resort to underhand means?

How many big businesses don't resort to underhand means?

Mohsin Hamid

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

Mohsin Hamid

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.

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

I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words.

I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words.

Mohsin Hamid

Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial constructs, as unnatural to us as they are to birds flying overhead. Our first impulse is to ignore them.

Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial constructs, as unnatural to us as they are to birds flying overhead. Our first impulse is to ignore them.

Mohsin Hamid

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