I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing…

- Hari Kunzru

Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently wai…

- Hari Kunzru

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 doi…

- Hari Kunzru

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

There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with t…

- Hari Kunzru

I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without…

- Hari Kunzru

In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal.

- Hari Kunzru

I'm fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They're highly mobile; they reject the idea of place.

- Hari Kunzru

Intellectuals who live in Hungary, or who wish to work or lecture there, are extremely circumspect in their criticism.

- Hari Kunzru