Quotes About Hanif Kureishi

I'm interested in philosophical psychology, people like Nietzsche, Freud, Alcan, Foucault, Derrida.

My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.

But what about ugly bastards? What about us? What about our rights to be kissed?

What's that?' his wife said. She came closer. 'It's a penis,' she said. 'You've come home with a man's penis – complete with balls and pubic hair – in your pocket. Where did you get it?

As suburbs go, Bromley's not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly.