Migration isn't a one-directional process; it's a colossal process that has been happening in all directions for thousands of years. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
It's very contrary to the notion of what America is to imagine that we can stop migration. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think wars, climate change, all that stuff is going to move people. And so I wanted to say, "What if the… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so, we turn, among other things, to stories.” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
All human stories are migration stories because everyone is a refugee from their own childhood. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I'm pro-human. And I think recognizing the human nature of migration is very important. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think we should be prepared, given environmental and political change for large-scale migration. If sea levels rise and 200 million people… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Slowly, even though I thought it would never happen, New York lost its charm for me. I remember arriving in the city… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I personally tend to believe that there is a right to migration, the same way there's a right to love whom you… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The paralysis that we have right now when we think about migration is partly because we can't imagine what the world would… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think the idea of migration through time is very important because every human being does that and it unites us with… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
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… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
A beard is something that is almost like a mirror to the viewer. When someone sees you wearing a beard, they're seeing something in… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
And also I think the rise of other, you could say, destinations for international jihadis mean that Pakistan isn't necessarily the place where people… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“I met her eyes, and for the first time I perceived that there was something broken behind them, like a tiny crack in a… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“muscularity, made more pronounced by her gauntness, and the near-inanimate” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“In this group, everyone was foreign, and so, in a sense, no one was.” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“It seemed to me then - and to be honest, sir, seems to me still - that America was engaged only in posturing. As… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
When the machine of a human being is turned on, it seems to produce a protagonist, just as a television produces an image. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think fiction allows you to inhabit new domains and it's you, the reader living in that domain for a few days that results… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Often, during my stay in your country, such comparisons troubled me. In fact, they did more than trouble me: they made me resentful. Four… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has done abroad. And they need to play a more active… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
