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Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "It is 'where we are' that should make all the difference, whether we believe we belong there or not."

It is 'where we are' that should make all the difference, whether we believe we belong there or not.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "The truth, finally, is who can tell it."

The truth, finally, is who can tell it.




Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately."

As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "So my first book I had no experience having written a book, but each book is a little snapshot of who you are at that moment, accrued all through time, so I accept that."

So my first book I had no experience having written a book, but each book is a little snapshot of who you are at that moment, accrued all through time, so I accept that.




Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "In this difficult era the most valuable commodity is the unfailing turn of the hours and how they retrieve for us the known harbor of yesterday."

In this difficult era the most valuable commodity is the unfailing turn of the hours and how they retrieve for us the known harbor of yesterday.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "They're not parallel at all. They're my concerns, but how they're expressed particularly on the page is completely divorced from who I am in my street life."

They're not parallel at all. They're my concerns, but how they're expressed particularly on the page is completely divorced from who I am in my street life.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "Don’t sanctuaries become prisons, and vice versa, foremost in the mind?"

Don’t sanctuaries become prisons, and vice versa, foremost in the mind?




Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "Imagination might not be limitless. It's still tethered to the universe of what we know."

Imagination might not be limitless. It's still tethered to the universe of what we know.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "For at some point, each of us will be asked to embody what we feel and know."

For at some point, each of us will be asked to embody what we feel and know.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "When I'm describing wartime activities or violence I don't want to be too ornate, to prettify the picture. Once we trace them to the present, the prose becomes denser."

When I'm describing wartime activities or violence I don't want to be too ornate, to prettify the picture. Once we trace them to the present, the prose becomes denser.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "Do not discount the psychic warmth of the hive."

Do not discount the psychic warmth of the hive.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "I think their pasts are treated with a voice that sees their role as those of innocents. That's reflected in the past time sequences. They're less "written.""

I think their pasts are treated with a voice that sees their role as those of innocents. That's reflected in the past time sequences. They're less "written."




Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "All of my books really do look at that to degrees of difference. Technically, I do enjoy the flashback! But not just for informational material."

All of my books really do look at that to degrees of difference. Technically, I do enjoy the flashback! But not just for informational material.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it needs to make for a novelist."

I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it needs to make for a novelist.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "Like most people, Im fascinated by characters who are completely flawed personalities, riven by anguish and doubt, and are psychologically suspect."

Like most people, Im fascinated by characters who are completely flawed personalities, riven by anguish and doubt, and are psychologically suspect.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "My family immigrated when I was 3, and our predecessors inhabited the Korean Peninsula for as long as can be recalled."

My family immigrated when I was 3, and our predecessors inhabited the Korean Peninsula for as long as can be recalled.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "To be honest, Im not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated."

To be honest, Im not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "No place is perfect, but I admire Oahu for its offering of the tropical and the urban, and then its Asian-inflected culture and cuisines."

No place is perfect, but I admire Oahu for its offering of the tropical and the urban, and then its Asian-inflected culture and cuisines.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "The past, as you suggest, is absolutely present at all times and the present is born from the past. I wouldn't want to suggest that the past determines the present."

The past, as you suggest, is absolutely present at all times and the present is born from the past. I wouldn't want to suggest that the past determines the present.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more?"

What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more?



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "A tale, like the universe, they tell us, expands ceaselessly each time you examine it, until there’s finally no telling exactly where it begins, or ends, or where it places you now."

A tale, like the universe, they tell us, expands ceaselessly each time you examine it, until there’s finally no telling exactly where it begins, or ends, or where it places you now.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "Most people dont think about race as much as I do. They dont have to."

Most people dont think about race as much as I do. They dont have to.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm."

I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "It’s perhaps more laudable to simply keep heading out into the world, than always tilting to leave one’s mark on it."

It’s perhaps more laudable to simply keep heading out into the world, than always tilting to leave one’s mark on it.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "Does any (MFA) program really improve anybody, as much as simply identifying them? And, after identifying them, not ruining them?"

Does any (MFA) program really improve anybody, as much as simply identifying them? And, after identifying them, not ruining them?



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "Does any program really improve anybody, as much as simply identifying them? And, after identifying them, not ruining them?"

Does any program really improve anybody, as much as simply identifying them? And, after identifying them, not ruining them?



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "Our tainted world looms within us, every one."

Our tainted world looms within us, every one.



Chang-rae Lee Quotes: "Suffering is the noblest art, the quieter the better."

Suffering is the noblest art, the quieter the better.