--- title: "3 Publishing Quotes By Hassan Blasim" description: "3 Publishing quotes by Hassan Blasim. Plus more from Hassan Blasim and more Publishing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/hassan-blasim-14317_academy_i-didn-t-start-publishing-literary-texts_1128151.jpg" --- > [ I didn't start publishing literary texts until I had left Iraq. At the Academy \[of Cinematic Arts\] I was busy with short… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/i-didn-t-start-publishing-literary-texts-until-i-had-left-iraq-at-the/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/hassan-blasim-14317_academy_i-didn-t-start-publishing-literary-texts_1128151.jpg) > [I live in a small country in Europe - Finland - and I don't speak English well and I had nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/i-live-in-a-small-country-in-europe-finland-and-i-don-t-speak-english/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/363/hassan-blasim-14317_country_i-live-in-a-small-country-in-europe-finl_2911989.jpg) > [For seven years I wrote and published my texts on the Internet and no Arab festival invited me and no Arab publishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/for-seven-years-i-wrote-and-published-my-texts-on-the-internet-and-no/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/hassan-blasim-14317_book_for-seven-years-i-wrote-and-published-my_2949793.jpg) ## Other authors on Publishing - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sara-sheridan-83140.jpg) Sara Sheridan 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/publishing/sara-sheridan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julian-assange-54221.jpg) Julian Assange 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/publishing/julian-assange/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-margaret-atwood-63354.jpg) Margaret Atwood 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/publishing/margaret-atwood/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-clay-shirky-24527.jpg) Clay Shirky 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/publishing/clay-shirky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tucker-max-92401.jpg) Tucker Max 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/publishing/tucker-max/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matt-mullenweg-65470.jpg) Matt Mullenweg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/publishing/matt-mullenweg/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/publishing/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deborah-smith-28387.jpg) Deborah Smith 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/publishing/deborah-smith/) ## More by Hassan Blasim > [I'm not much interested in prizes, whether from the Arab world or from the Western world. Writing is a very difficult process and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/i-m-not-much-interested-in-prizes-whether-from-the-arab-world-or-from/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [We used to watch executions. I mentioned that in one of my stories. There was a piece of open ground near the area where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/we-used-to-watch-executions-i-mentioned-that-in-one-of-my-stories/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [It's ridiculous and painful to use the Arabic of an Iraqi poet who lived centuries ago to describe what we in Iraq are suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/it-s-ridiculous-and-painful-to-use-the-arabic-of-an-iraqi-poet-who/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [The trail of "secret migration" was a shock to me. I knew a little about the difficulties, just bits of news in the media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/the-trail-of-secret-migration-was-a-shock-to-me-i-knew-a-little-about/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [How can one talk in a classical language about a child who's torn apart in an explosion in the market near his school? People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/how-can-one-talk-in-a-classical-language-about-a-child-who-s-torn/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [“...I believe in dreams more than I believe in God. Dreams get into you and leave, then come back with new fruit, but God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/i-believe-in-dreams-more-than-i-believe-in-god-dreams-get-into-you/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [I'm talking about the essence of humanity. Hope is mixed into the blood of every human being, everywhere and in every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/i-m-talking-about-the-essence-of-humanity-hope-is-mixed-into-the/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [“On more than one occasion I heard how life apparently advances, moves on, sets sail or, at worst, apparently crawls slowly forward. My life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/on-more-than-one-occasion-i-heard-how-life-apparently-advances-moves/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [“The pleasure I found in reading books was disconcerting...I felt anxious about every new piece of information. I would latch onto one particular detail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/the-pleasure-i-found-in-reading-books-was-disconcerting-i-felt/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [The Iran-Iraq war began the same year that I went to primary school, at the age of six.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/the-iran-iraq-war-began-the-same-year-that-i-went-to-primary-school/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [Some Iraqi writers are more daring today and have excellent imaginations and their material is rich in human experience. But the Arab prizes, once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/some-iraqi-writers-are-more-daring-today-and-have-excellent/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > ["Secret migration" across borders is a form of human degradation and evidence of the depravity of the human conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/secret-migration-across-borders-is-a-form-of-human-degradation-and/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [“The operation would be in a week...I didn't know if I would survive. How I longed to go back to reading! There was nowhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/the-operation-would-be-in-a-week-i-didn-t-know-if-i-would-survive-how/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [“I wanted to reach back to other times I might have lived in, the traces of which are scattered to places I previously thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/i-wanted-to-reach-back-to-other-times-i-might-have-lived-in-the/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) > [ I didn't start publishing literary texts until I had left Iraq. At the Academy \[of Cinematic Arts\] I was busy with short films. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-blasim/i-didn-t-start-publishing-literary-texts-until-i-had-left-iraq-at-the/) [Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hassan-blasim/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/publishing/hassan-blasim/#itemlist", "name": "3 Publishing Quotes By Hassan Blasim", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't start publishing literary texts until I had left Iraq. 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