Hanif Kureishi: Quotes about people

Hanif Kureishi is English playwright, screenwriter, novelist. Explore interesting quotes on people.

Hanif Kureishi: 46 quotes2 likes

“At the same time, you have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they overwhelm you, too far and they abandon you. How to hold them in the right relation?”

Source: Intimacy: das Buch zum Film von Patrice Chéreau

“At the deepest level people are madder than they want to believe. You will find that they fear being eaten, and are alarmed by their desire to devour others.”

Source: Something to Tell You

“Why do people who are good at families have to be smug and assume it is the only way to live. … Why can’t they be blamed for being bad at promiscuity?”

“What a quality of innocence people have when they don't expect to be harmed.”

Source: Intimacy: das Buch zum Film von Patrice Chéreau

“you can’t just let people down, dammit.”

Hanif Kureishi book The Last Word

The Last Word: A Novel