"I'd rather create a miniature painting than a……" — Mohsin Hamid

"I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book."

— Mohsin Hamid

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102 Quotes by Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid has 102 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is the effect of scarcity; one’s rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper.
The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son.
Many boys, probably most boys, have a first love before they fall in love with a woman. It begins the…
What else is belief but direction?
If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren't differences at all.
One ought not to encourage beggars, and yes, you are right, it is far better to donate to charities that…
Why the brevity? Because I'd rather people read my book twice than only half-way through
Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.
In a world of intrusive technology, we must engage in a kind of struggle if we wish to sustain moments…
Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan, ancient capital of the Punjab, home to nearly as many people as New…
For if there were a list of cosmic things that unite us, reader and writer, visible as it scrolled up…
What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. When I first arrived, I…

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More Book Quotes

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High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
I was never really a comic-book fanatic. — J. J. Abrams
When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you… — Julian Assange
Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to… — Paul Auster
I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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