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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: And too intense a longing, everyone knows, can lead to poor decisions, rash actions, hopes that become outsized and in turn deform reality

And too intense a longing, everyone knows, can lead to poor decisions, rash actions, hopes that become outsized and in turn deform reality

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: The question, then, is whether being an "individual" makes a difference anymore. That it can matter at all. And if not, whether we in fact care.

The question, then, is whether being an "individual" makes a difference anymore. That it can matter at all. And if not, whether we in fact care.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: Behold a fire from the opposite shore.

Behold a fire from the opposite shore.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: He admired Fan for being Fan, which is to say the kind of person who would keep the right perspective on such qualified information).

He admired Fan for being Fan, which is to say the kind of person who would keep the right perspective on such qualified information).

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: It seems I have always been fortunate to be in a certain provident, which must be my sole skill, and worth, and luck. [p. 138]

It seems I have always been fortunate to be in a certain provident, which must be my sole skill, and worth, and luck. [p. 138]

Chang-rae Lee quotes: Indelible, our last clues to a beautiful woman

Indelible, our last clues to a beautiful woman

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: We reshape the story even when we believe we are simply repeating it.

We reshape the story even when we believe we are simply repeating it.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: We forget that every fervor will subside.

We forget that every fervor will subside.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: It's in the tilting and thrashing that we wangle our luck.

It's in the tilting and thrashing that we wangle our luck.

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: The truth, finally, is who can tell it.

The truth, finally, is who can tell it.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: It's hard to write a war story without thinking about the 'Iliad.' Because the 'Iliad' knows everything about war.

It's hard to write a war story without thinking about the 'Iliad.' Because the 'Iliad' knows everything about war.

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: Before I start my work in the morning, I need to have quickly browsed the entire paper, noting articles that I want to read during lunch.

Before I start my work in the morning, I need to have quickly browsed the entire paper, noting articles that I want to read during lunch.

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: For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.

For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: He said you could tell about a person not from what he believed, but by what worried him.

He said you could tell about a person not from what he believed, but by what worried him.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: The most wretched of sights, the just-crushed spirit.

The most wretched of sights, the just-crushed spirit.

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

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: THE JOURNEY WAS NEARLY OVER. The

THE JOURNEY WAS NEARLY OVER. The

Chang-rae Lee quotes: For me, that's always been one of the great charms of the first person: we gain access to a very personal, private kind of music.

For me, that's always been one of the great charms of the first person: we gain access to a very personal, private kind of music.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: To be honest, I'm not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated.

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

Chang-rae Lee quotes: In America, he said, it's even hard to stay Korean.

In America, he said, it's even hard to stay Korean.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: The constant cry is that you belong here, or you make yourself belong, or you must go. (1998: 319)

The constant cry is that you belong here, or you make yourself belong, or you must go. (1998: 319)

Chang-rae Lee quotes: I suppose people might consider me a 'loose' reader, as I seem willing to read anything of quality thinking and prose.

I suppose people might consider me a 'loose' reader, as I seem willing to read anything of quality thinking and prose.

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: We arrived the way most emigrant families did. My father came first, and the rest of us - my mother, my sister and me - followed a year later.

We arrived the way most emigrant families did. My father came first, and the rest of us - my mother, my sister and me - followed a year later.

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: Like most people, I'm fascinated by characters who are completely flawed personalities, riven by anguish and doubt, and are psychologically suspect.

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

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

Suffering is the noblest art, the quieter the better.

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: Our tainted world looms within us, every one.

Our tainted world looms within us, every one.

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

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

Chang-rae Lee quotes: Most people don't think about race as much as I do. They don't have to.

Most people don't think about race as much as I do. They don't have to.

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: I'm not the sort of writer who can plan out things. Mostly I have no idea where I'm going.

I'm not the sort of writer who can plan out things. Mostly I have no idea where I'm going.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: I'm a B+ student of life.

I'm a B+ student of life.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: Whether the people are happy or not in their lives, they have learned to keep steadily moving, moving all the time.

Whether the people are happy or not in their lives, they have learned to keep steadily moving, moving all the time.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: One of the ready advantages of writing a road or quest story is that it mirrors the experience of writing a novel.

One of the ready advantages of writing a road or quest story is that it mirrors the experience of writing a novel.

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: 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: I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry.

I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish wish on my part.

I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish wish on my part.

Chang-rae Lee quotes: In every betrayal dwells a self-betrayal.

In every betrayal dwells a self-betrayal.

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.