“Most people dont think about race as much as I do. They dont have to.” PeopleThinkingRace Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“Like most people, Im fascinated by characters who are completely flawed personalities, riven by anguish and doubt, and are psychologically suspect.” PeopleCharacterDoubtPersonalitySuspectsFascinatedAnguishFlawed Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“I assumed just from being around, all these years, that people would immediately glom on to, Well, it's a departure, and it's a dystopian kind of thing, and that's natural, of course. But it's surprised me - not even surprised me, but it's pleased me - how much people have been responding to the way the book was written.” PeopleWayYearsWellsKindHas BeensBookCoursesNaturalWrittenDystopianRespondingDeparture Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“We can skip through a lot of the stuff people might ask about the writing of the book, and so their comments always start well, well down into the nitty-gritty.” PeopleWritingWellsBookMightAsksStuffCommentSkip Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“It's not that I don't enjoy other people, but what I find with writers is this back and forth. And also, there's no need to talk about work.” PeopleNeedsEnjoyBack And Forth Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“Before I had published anything, I still hung out with people who liked to write. None of us had published, so there was no talk about the business, and there was probably a lot more angsty talk back then. But these days maybe there are some more laments about the culture, but I would say no.” PeopleWritingStillsCultureThese DaysHungLament Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“One of the things my friends would tell you is that I hang out with a lot of non-writers - just regular people like bankers and teachers, and I actually try to steer our talk away from my work when I get together with them.” PeopleTryingTogetherTeacherMy FriendsHanging OutBankersSteersGet Together Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“I think that's great - I just try not to be one of those people. I find the more I think about it, the less free I feel when I write and when I work.” PeopleThinkingFeelsWritingTrying Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“I wanted to present a sweep and scope of larger events, and a grander backdrop, but most important was to set against that a very singular, real and modest people struggling with every day and human struggles.” PeopleHumansImportantRealWantedStruggleEventsModestScopeBackdrop Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“There is secrecy and betrayal but that's more part and parcel of the kind of anguish that the people go through. And maybe that's modes of survival, rather than modes of consciousness.” PeopleKindConsciousnessSurvivalBetrayalAnguishSecrecyParcel Author:Chang-Rae Lee
