But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
“The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you” — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
“Was this what a family was, how it grew—straight as the children’s teeth? Sure, there was an arm in a sling and over time… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
“Real stories like this, human ones, could get you sent to prison, and it didn’t matter what they were about. It didn’t matter if… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
“To survive in this world, you got to be many times a coward but at least once a hero” — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t that I didn’t know anyone’s phone number—I didn’t—it was that only at this moment did I realize I had no one to… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
“But I held her in my heart, and would stay with her all my days, even if a great many of them were trying… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw. — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
“The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a story wants… — adam johnson Copy Share Image
![“Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro. And secretly, he'd be wise to start practicing the piano. For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict…” quote by Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e09/adam-johnson-7721_being-wise_where-we-are-from-s-tories-are-factual-i_1266257.jpg)
