“But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer.” PeopleCharacterStoriesJobsLife IsCertainMillionsWrittenYouthOppositesSingersFarmersOperaRegimesKoreaRest Of Your LifeNorth KoreaFishermanKimAptitudeOpera SingersOpera Singing Author:Adam Johnson
“In America, the stories we tell ourselves and we tell each other in fiction have to do with individualism. Every person here is the center of his or her own story. And our job as people and as characters is to find our own motivations and desires, to overcome conflicts and obstacles toward defining ourselves so that we grow and change.” PeoplePersonsCharacterStoriesJobsAmericaDesireMotivationGrowsFictionConflictOvercomingObstaclesIndividualismDefiningDefining Ourselves Author:Adam Johnson
“I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn't speak for themselves.” PeopleKnowsFeelsTryingStoriesSpeakSoundDutyCheesy Author:Adam Johnson
“But people do things to survive, and then after they survive, they can't live with what they've done.” PeopleDone Book:The Orphan Master's Son Source: The Orphan Master's Son
“In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range” PeopleKnowsMadeForeverGhostRange Author:Adam Johnson
