I actually feel that personal matters, like religion and spirituality, are things that I really discuss only with intimates. I think it's, in a way, like sexuality, something where it touches upon something very private.
Mohsin HamidI'm often surprised that, you know, you encounter all types of humanity. And very often, there are some very decent people who don't stereotype even when you might, in your own mind, have stereotyped them to think that they will.
Mohsin HamidI really do believe that people surprise you. And one of the powerful things about novels is that they're about characters, and those characters live their lives.
Mohsin HamidI take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.
Mohsin HamidAnd also I think the rise of other, you could say, destinations for international jihadis mean that Pakistan isn't necessarily the place where people from all over the world who want to engage in these activities gravitate to. They're going now to places like Syria or Yemen Libya, elsewhere.
Mohsin Hamid