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> [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 want to continue my work.](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/)

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## 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/)

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