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 KunzruWhen 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 KunzruIn good novelistic fashion, the discovery Iโve made is that itโs complicated. I think thatโs one of good things about exploring these questions in a non-polemic, fictional way: you get to feel out territory rather than take positions. Through writing this, I can understand the impulse to faith, how people make meaning, how people make community, without having to say, do this, donโt do that, or I believe, I donโt believe.
Hari KunzruI 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.
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