“I think of companies like Nokia having anthropologists who study how people use cell phones, who do that kind of commercial and marketing work, selling out to corporations. I wonder if that has something to do with the image of the more innocent anthropologist, now gone.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindUseCompanyWonderGoneStudyMarketingPhonesInnocentSellingCellsCorporationsCell PhoneAnthropologistsSelling OutNokia Author:Lily King
“When you have people who get angry quickly, you have to learn the rules to avoid being in that situation.” PeopleSituationAngry Author:Lily King
“I'm always interested in a claustrophobic situation where people might be powerless to do things.” PeopleMightSituationPowerless Author:Lily King
“I love reading fiction about people who are connecting intellectually. I find that exhilarating.” PeopleReadingFictionConnectingExhilaratingLove Of ReadingReading Fiction Author:Lily King
“You write the facts as you see them, and there isn't a lull with a lot of description. No wonder people like to write about murder mysteries and dead bodies!” PeopleWritingFactsBodyWonderMysteryMurderDescriptionLullsMurder Mysteries Author:Lily King
“I'm always interested in a claustrophobic situation where people might be powerless to do things. My first three novels were all about families. Things that happen in a house within a family, because you're a child or because you want to keep the family together, you suffer things you might not have had to suffer if you weren't in that situation.” PeopleChildrenTogetherSufferingHouseSituationNovelPowerlessFamily Together Author:Lily King