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Me Quotes by Mohsin Hamid
- What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. When I first arrived, I looked around me at the…
- As a writer, I am constantly aware that I take my life in my hands with everything I do and say. It's just a fact…
- For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance.
- Oftentimes I deliberately put ambiguity into my books so that... the reader is left with an echo of: 'How much of this was from me?'
- I come from an enormous and very close family. I have over a dozen aunts and uncles in Pakistan, dozens of cousins. I have many…
- In a subway car, my skin would typically fall in the middle of the color spectrum. On street corners, tourists would ask me for directions.…
- You're a watchful guy. you know where that comes from?" I shook my head. "It comes from feeling out of place," he said. "Believe me.…
- I push against the tree and run away, stumbling, the unreal night playing with me, gravity pulling from below, behind, above, making me fall. And…
- And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I'm pathetic, helpless in my current…
- For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set out to conquer.…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale