FastSaying
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.
Hari Kunzru
Character
Create
Fall
Get
I Think
Me
Somebody
Telling
Them
Think
Try
Understand
Writers
Related Quotes
I think it's important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments.
— Hari Kunzru
Developments
I Think
Important
There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.
— Hari Kunzru
Exciting
Explosion
Fiction
I enjoy thinking myself into other times and places. I don't like some of the conventions of the 'historical novel', but I think there's a way of doing it that has a lot of merit.
— Hari Kunzru
Conventions
Doing
Enjoy
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.
— Hari Kunzru
About
Days
I Think
I tried to take seriously the idea that if you tortured language you might arrive at some new truth. Later it became clear to me that I was retreading ground by fighting the literary battles of the 1950s and 1960s, and that I was actually a bit bored by some of the books I professed to love.
— Hari Kunzru
Actually
Arrive
Battles