- Nov 07, 2020
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my other books, things do happen, but they are kind of bookends to the real action, which for me was an exploration of consciousness. Not that I don't get into the consciousness of the people in 'The Surrendered,' but you could say there's not as much anxiety about it.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a hard time revising sentences, because I spend an inordinate amount of time on each sentence, and the sentence before it, and the sentence after it.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't listen to music while writing; it seems to me I'm trying to make my own kind of music, and to have anything else going on is just noisy interference.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Distinctive
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- Nov 07, 2020
We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they've given themselves over completely and passionately to their obsessions while vigorously ignoring everything else.
- Brand New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe complete assimilation is possible, at least not for anyone who has an active, open mind. Every step, every entry into the flows of existence can be seen as a beginning, a commencement of a brand new way of seeing oneself in the world. This is the case for everyone.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.
- Korean
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family immigrated when I was 3, and our predecessors inhabited the Korean Peninsula for as long as can be recalled.
- Last
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know the point of the 2010 Census is to count us, one by one, to tally every last resident, but the massive project of course has more prying, if limited, interests.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's fun about a dystopian novel is that we can enjoy and be entertained. But that world is only slightly different, right? It's familiar enough to be recognizable, and skewed enough to give us pause.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
After college, I was living in New York and wrote furiously, a huge novel that I knew was a failure. I hoped that the book would work, but to be honest, I think I knew it would never work, even as I was finishing it.
- Honest
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, I'm not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to use writing assignments, exercises. I think too often people get comfortable writing in that vein, but you can't go on to write a novel comprised of short writing exercises.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020