Hari Kunzru Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Hari Kunzru quotes and sayings page 2 (novelist). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 24 we have.
“I'm interested in complexity, in the mathematical sense, as well as the idiomatic sense. The idea of emergence - that it's possible for complex patterns to arise out of many simple interactions - is fascinating.”
“Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops.”
“Suburbia is all about private ownership and not having to share, and it leads to a paranoid, defensive mindset. I know this, having grown up in Essex.”
“These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act scripting and where to put the reversal and all of that - and I think we can do more interesting narratives.”
“I think it's important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments.”
“In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal.”
“There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.”
“There's nothing New York likes more than a thing. Or a place. Or a place that's a thing. Or a thing that happens to be a place.”
“When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are telling me what to think, I get harrumphy.”
“But it's the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes it onto the page. That's why I don't just do library research. I very rarely write about somewhere I haven't been.”
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