"My stories were translated and had many reviews before I had an interview with any international or Arab newspaper. If the stories hadn't succeeded, you wouldn't have asked me my position on Arab festivals and I wouldn't have been interested in the festivals anyway, because I would be in seclusion, writing."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Hassan Blasim

#Writing Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Stories Quotes

“The universe is like a giant bank vault lock, where the tumblers are constantly moving and once in a while the tumblers line up and you have to listen for the click. So you must be prepared in that moment to step through the door.”
“My job as an actress is to make things work and come up with reasons of my own and not just fill in the blanks for anybody else, you know what I mean?”
“Comedy Central made their own awards show. They were named best comedy channel.”
“The freedom that I wanted as a kid would - probably would not have been good for me and not in the way in which I wanted it.”
“If you look at this election, I feel like Donald Trump was speaking a different language to Hillary Clinton.”
“The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!”
“We are always looking for a grand program of action full of great ideas, when the thing is to begin by obeying the little ideas.”
“The fall is my favorite time of year. I love the colors. The sun is out, you get warmth on your skin but there's the coolness of the breeze. It's really comfortable.”

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