It's in being read that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million different readings … - Mohsin Hamid

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There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.

Mohsin Hamid

It's in being read that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million different readings a book become one of a million different books. . .

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Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

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I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.

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I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

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I really do believe that people surprise you. And one of the powerful things about novels is that they're about characters, and those characters live their lives.

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Many boys, probably most boys, have a first love before they fall in love with a woman. It begins the moment two boys realize they'd die for one another, that each cares more for the other than he does for himself, and it lasts usually until a second love comes on the scene, because most hearts aren't big enough to love more than one person like that.

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