Hanif Kureishi

Well, I think at the beginning there was a lot of anger, you know, from me mostly. When you have your life, as it were, your normal life, your ordinary life snatched away from you by an illness, as I say, as will happen to so many of us, you are absolutely furious. And you become furious with the people around you. You become furious with your life.

Well, I think at the beginning there was a lot of anger, you know, from me mostly. When you have your life, as it were, your normal life, your ordinary life snatched away from you by an illness, as I say, as will happen to so many of us, you are absolutely furious. And you become furious with the people around you. You become furious with your life.

Well, I think at the beginning there was a lot of anger, you know, from me mostly. When you have your life, as it were, your normal life, your ordinary life snatched away from you by an illness, as I say, as will happen to so many of us, you are absolutely furious. And you become furious with the people around you. You become furious with your life.

You can't believe this horror has happened to you. It's a contingent, random thing that's happened to you just out of the blue, you know. I'll give you some examples. When I was in hospital in North London in the rehab room, I was on a ward of accidents. Everybody on the ward had had an accident. One guy had dived into an empty swimming pool by mistake.

You can't believe this horror has happened to you. It's a contingent, random thing that's happened to you just out of the blue, you know. I'll give you some examples. When I was in hospital in North London in the rehab room, I was on a ward of accidents. Everybody on the ward had had an accident. One guy had dived into an empty swimming pool by mistake.

You can't believe this horror has happened to you. It's a contingent, random thing that's happened to you just out of the blue, you know. I'll give you some examples. When I was in hospital in North London in the rehab room, I was on a ward of accidents. Everybody on the ward had had an accident. One guy had dived into an empty swimming pool by mistake.

Another guy had fallen down the stairs while drinking a glass of wine. Another guy had fallen over his rake in his garden and just tripped over it and fell down and broke his neck and was paralyzed. So we all had these random, rather contingent accidents, which suddenly, in a moment, completely change your life forever and there's no going back. That is absolutely enraging.

Another guy had fallen down the stairs while drinking a glass of wine. Another guy had fallen over his rake in his garden and just tripped over it and fell down and broke his neck and was paralyzed. So we all had these random, rather contingent accidents, which suddenly, in a moment, completely change your life forever and there's no going back. That is absolutely enraging.

Another guy had fallen down the stairs while drinking a glass of wine. Another guy had fallen over his rake in his garden and just tripped over it and fell down and broke his neck and was paralyzed. So we all had these random, rather contingent accidents, which suddenly, in a moment, completely change your life forever and there's no going back. That is absolutely enraging.

You think, you know, why couldn't I have been doing something else at that moment? You know, why did that moment... To me, why have I been chosen? What have I done wrong? You go through all these terrible, awful thoughts about who has done this to you and why it's happened. And it makes you an angry person.

You think, you know, why couldn't I have been doing something else at that moment? You know, why did that moment... To me, why have I been chosen? What have I done wrong? You go through all these terrible, awful thoughts about who has done this to you and why it's happened. And it makes you an angry person.

You think, you know, why couldn't I have been doing something else at that moment? You know, why did that moment... To me, why have I been chosen? What have I done wrong? You go through all these terrible, awful thoughts about who has done this to you and why it's happened. And it makes you an angry person.

So I think there are moments, quite rightly, where you deserve to feel angry, but it's tough on the people around you.

So I think there are moments, quite rightly, where you deserve to feel angry, but it's tough on the people around you.

So I think there are moments, quite rightly, where you deserve to feel angry, but it's tough on the people around you.

I guess because I'd never done anything like that before. I look after Isabella and she looks after me. We're equals. But the idea that I would then devote my life to her being disabled and being in a need, I can't answer that. But I think I would now. I'd do it for anybody now because I know so much about suffering and disablement, which I didn't know before.

I guess because I'd never done anything like that before. I look after Isabella and she looks after me. We're equals. But the idea that I would then devote my life to her being disabled and being in a need, I can't answer that. But I think I would now. I'd do it for anybody now because I know so much about suffering and disablement, which I didn't know before.

I guess because I'd never done anything like that before. I look after Isabella and she looks after me. We're equals. But the idea that I would then devote my life to her being disabled and being in a need, I can't answer that. But I think I would now. I'd do it for anybody now because I know so much about suffering and disablement, which I didn't know before.

So the answer would be, yes, I would do that. But I don't know whether I would have done it when I was healthy. But as I say, it's not a question one can answer.

So the answer would be, yes, I would do that. But I don't know whether I would have done it when I was healthy. But as I say, it's not a question one can answer.