Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamidis a British Pakistani novelist and writer. His novels are Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia...
NationalityPakistani
ProfessionWriter
CountryPakistan
dirty men white
Yes, Manila had its slums; one saw them on the drive from the airport: vast districts of men in dirty white undershirts lounging idly in front of auto-repair shops - like a poorer version of the 1950s America depicted in such films as Grease.
tourists nomad feels
When I travel, I feel more like a nomad than a tourist.
growing-up boys poverty
I did not grow up in poverty. But I did grow up with a poor boy's sense of longing, in my case not for what my family had never had, but for what we had had and lost.
fruit share fattening
The fruits of labor are delicious, but individually they’re not particularly fattening. So don’t share yours, and munch on those of others whenever you can.
reader
Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.
eye my-own paid
I was, in my own eyes, a veritable James Bond — only younger, darker, and possibly better paid.
literature helping
Literature helps us transcend ourselves.
book echoes ambiguity
Oftentimes I deliberately put ambiguity into my books so that... the reader is left with an echo of: 'How much of this was from me?'
wife soldier perception
Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.
actors world pakistan
The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.
bird flying borders
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.
friday pakistan horror
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.
race islam racist
Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.
vanity guy comfort
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.