My writing day follows my family’s day. I get a good few hours in the mornings when the kids are out of the house. And I don’t work at night any more. I like to see my family. Chang-Rae Lee Read Quote
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. Chang-Rae Lee Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Chang-Rae Lee Read Quote
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. Chang-Rae Lee Read Quote
To be honest, I’m not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated. Chang-Rae Lee Read Quote
I don’t feel uncomfortable in America, but every once in a while, I’m reminded that people don’t see me the way I see me. It doesn’t change my life, but it gives me a consciousness about it. Chang-Rae Lee Read Quote
We grow up with this idea that we’re all individual agents. We work, make our money, have our place to live and our satellite TV. But whether you like it or not, you need family or community. Chang-Rae Lee Read Quote
