“Life can only be understood backward; the trouble is, it has to be lived forward.” — Zia Haider Rahman Life Copy Share Image
There is snobbery in the idea that the modern cult of celebrity has not touched the lofty realm of letters. We are… — Zia Haider Rahman Appearance Copy Share Image
I'm not sure, however, that what I have amounts to faith in the sense commonly understood. I have difficulty understanding the function… — Zia Haider Rahman Believe Copy Share Image
The technology broadens an individual's social field massively and at the same time makes it much, much easier and cheaper to consume… — Zia Haider Rahman Addiction Copy Share Image
I'm interested in how a person forms her beliefs, how that happens. Beliefs of all kinds make up the animating force in… — Zia Haider Rahman All kinds Copy Share Image
“Maps, contour maps and all maps, intrigue us for the metaphors that they are: tools to give us a sense of something… — Zia Haider Rahman Truth Copy Share Image
There was a period of a few months, however, when I had a dreadful physical pain. I had just started writing a… — Zia Haider Rahman Nightmare Copy Share Image
Our interaction with our friends, for instance, is in large part an interaction with representations in our own head of the people… — Zia Haider Rahman Disappoint Copy Share Image
There are a variety of ways in which a wedge is driven between the reality of the world outside, the motion of… — Zia Haider Rahman Driven Copy Share Image
“that the truth is finer and that the only answers each of us hears are to the questions we are capable of… — Zia Haider Rahman Truth Copy Share Image
“Sometimes our actions are questions, not answers.” — Zia Haider Rahman Truth Seeking Copy Share Image
One problem I have with talking about myself in the context of class divisiveness is that I can be - and indeed… — Zia Haider Rahman Absence Copy Share Image
Writing is indeed essential to me. I have been writing for a long time but not for publication. I'm sure there are… — Zia Haider Rahman Long Copy Share Image
The twentieth century saw a professionalization of fiction writing, particularly in its second half and particularly in the Anglo-Saxon world - not… — Zia Haider Rahman Book Copy Share Image
I had a tough childhood, yes. I was born in rural Bangladesh to parents who had had no education beyond high school.… — Zia Haider Rahman Bus Copy Share Image
Listening to people discussing a novel can be very interesting, if you've read whatever novel is being discussed. No one, it seems,… — Zia Haider Rahman Book Copy Share Image
