I admire Turgenev, Camus, Proust and Shakespeare, but I’ve also learnt a lot about writing from composers and artists. Hisham Matar Read Quote
I don’t believe people are interested in dates and facts. I don’t think it is interesting to say what it is to be this person or that, but I do believe it is entertaining and perhaps even of value to express how it is to be that person. Hisham Matar Read Quote
When you’ve been living in hope for a long time as I have, suddenly you realize that certainty is far more desirable than hope. Hisham Matar Read Quote
Some of the most powerful memories are those when you are very, very young. Adult life is seen through the reflection of complex, rational thought. Hisham Matar Read Quote
There’s something very bizarre about having a father who has disappeared. It’s very hard to articulate. Hisham Matar Read Quote
There are two voices: the first says write; the second hardly speaks, but I know what he wants. And if I let him, nothing would get done. He hovers at the edges. Hisham Matar Read Quote
Audacity, hope, courage – the Libyans have these in abundance. But all those boring little things – like organization, building a committee – is hard; making decisions and moving ahead is hard. Hisham Matar Read Quote
