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… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
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… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I don't believe complete assimilation is possible, at least not for anyone who has an active, open mind. Every step, every entry… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I think because of these big issues of life and death that maybe sex feels like a crass question. But for Christ… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“...it seems to me that life's moments don't have to be so right or not right anymore, so fraught and weighted with… — Chang-rae Lee Copy Share Image
“This is how we were meant for each other. How we make our living. The lives of frustrated poets and imposters. This,… — Chang-rae Lee Copy Share Image
“Fan would have expected that one or two of the Girls would have long rebelled at spending a life in a room,… — Chang-rae Lee Copy Share Image
“I know again why I favor it so much here, how I esteem the hush of this suburban foliage in every season,… — Chang-rae Lee Copy Share Image
And it occurred to me that in this new millennial life of instant and ubiquitous connection, you don't in fact communicate so… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
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… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Some writers are writing one great, big book and just taking all these different avenues towards it. They might seem on the outside to… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I try to be aware of what I'm concerned about, aware of how I feel about myself in the world, aware of how I… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“I would give most anything to hear my father's talk again, the crash and bang and stop of his language, always hurtling by. I… — Chang-rae Lee Copy Share Image
We have hopes and make plans, and if they are dashed or waylaid, we naturally rationalize and redraw the map to locate ourselves anew.… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I remember when I was in art classes, I hated following the assignments. And I would get in trouble for doing something totally different… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
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… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Most people don't think about race as much as I do. They don't have to. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Not to any really influential effect, but certainly there have been comments that have surprised me. It's surprising sometimes to get particular perspectives on… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
My family immigrated when I was 3, and our predecessors inhabited the Korean Peninsula for as long as can be recalled. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
