“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 really try to forget. I only look at my old works if there's an interview and someone asks me about it. Otherwise, it's not even in the rearview mirror.” IfsTryingLooksAsksForgetMirrorsAsk MeInterviewsRearview Mirror Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“I try to be aware of what I'm concerned about, aware of how I feel about myself in the world, aware of how I feel about the issues of the day, but I guess I don't want to write essays in my head about my craft and maybe it's because I teach and talk about craft of other writers as a reader. I feel the moment I start doing that is when it's going to kill me.” WorldWantFeelsWritingTryingMomentsTeachIssuesReaderConcernedCraftsEssaysKill Me Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“I'm more interested in the psychic intricacies that they build up and try to run away from, and how they self-construct. A lot of my work is about self-construction. Here, it's those folks who are deeply wounded and bewildered. They're not just victims of trauma; they've been shaken so forcefully that they don't quite know how or where to stand.” KnowsTryingSelfRunningKnow HowVictimFolksTraumaConstructionRunning AwayWoundedConstructsPsychicsBewilderedIntricacy Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“Obviously loss of family is huge and critical, but I think really it's more about losing a sense of family. The horror of that kind of incompleteness. Writing this book, I tried not to think about my father, which does no one any good fictionally. I did try to imagine not just the horror of that moment, but the horror of having witnessed it, and the lifelong void. And I think that's what's so frightening.” ThinkingWritingTryingKindDoeBookMomentsFatherLossImagineHugeHorrorLosingCriticalThat MomentVoidFrighteningLifelongIncompleteness Author:Chang-Rae Lee
