Writer Quotes by Hisham Matar

When I'm writing, my mood is very good - and I love life.

— Hisham Matar

“We are...two open pages of the same book”

— Hisham Matar

Great writing fills me with hopeful enthusiasm and never envy.

— Hisham Matar

I ultimately write for myself and the people I love.

— Hisham Matar

Books have shown me horror and beauty.

— Hisham Matar

I sometimes wonder if I would have become a writer if what happened to my father hadn't happened.

— Hisham Matar

There's always a problem when you write, something you're trying to resolve, and sometimes a view can be inspiring.

— Hisham Matar

The three things that help writing the most are living, writing, and reading. In that order.

— Hisham Matar

My earliest memory of books is not of reading but of being read to. I spent hours listening, watching the face of…

— Hisham Matar

I've never been particularly interested in genre distinctions. They seem to me more useful to a librarian than to a writer.

— Hisham Matar

Books written out of fire give me a great deal of pleasure. You get the sense that the world for these writers…

— Hisham Matar

The space where writing happens is a unique space that's hard to define, and when you're kicked out of it because you're…

— Hisham Matar

Whenever I was encouraged by my elders to pick up a book, I was often told, 'Read so as to know the…

— Hisham Matar