10+ Hisham Matar Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Hisham Matar quotes and sayings.

Grief loves the hollow; all it wants is to hear its own echo. — Hisham Matar

Books written out of fire give me a great deal of pleasure. You get the sense that the world for these writers could not have continued if the book hadn't been written. When you come across a book like that it is a privilege. — Hisham Matar

It is sometimes hard to escape the belief that history exists against the artist. — Hisham Matar

There and then, sitting beside her and within the strength of my adoration, I felt invincible. — Hisham Matar

The three things that help writing the most are living, writing, and reading. In that order. — Hisham Matar

When I first began writing In the Country of Men all I had was the voice of the protagonist. He intrigued me and my desire to want to know him and his world became almost compulsive. — Hisham Matar

Nothing is more acceptable than what we are born into. — Hisham Matar

Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih, is an eloquent and restrained portrait of one man's exile. It is a rare narrative in that it charts a life divided between England and Sudan. Without a doubt it is one of the finest Arabic novels of the 20th century, and Denys Johnson-Davies' translationdoes the original justice. — Hisham Matar

I am of the firm opinion that no one should tell writers what to do, or what to write, or how to write. — Hisham Matar

I wanted to wear her as you would a piece of clothing, to fold into her ribs, be a stone in her mouth. — Hisham Matar