What used to help us to cope with transience was stuff like, extended families all living in one place, or very strong religious beliefs, or a tribe that would outlive you. That stuff is getting weaker.

I am a strong believer in the intertwined nature of the personal and the political; I think they move together.

I was 30 when 9/11 happened and I had lived exactly 15 years of life in America, so I was half American. I was a full-fledged New Yorker.

All human stories are migration stories because everyone is a refugee from their own childhood.

If we want things to be okay, we will have to make things okay.

The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.

I think there's a natural link between the fact that our self is a story that we make up and that we're drawn to stories. It resonates, in a way.