Most people don't think about race as much as I do. They don't have to. — 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
There is secrecy and betrayal but that's more part and parcel of the kind of anguish that the people go through. And… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
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… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
We can skip through a lot of the stuff people might ask about the writing of the book, and so their comments… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
One of the things my friends would tell you is that I hang out with a lot of non-writers - just regular… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Most people dont think about race as much as I do. They dont have to. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I wanted to present a sweep and scope of larger events, and a grander backdrop, but most important was to set against… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I think that's great - I just try not to be one of those people. I find the more I think about… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
In my other books, things do happen, but they are kind of bookends to the real action, which for me was an… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I'm interested in people who find themselves in places, either of their choosing or not, and who are forced to decide how… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I don't like to use writing assignments, exercises. I think too often people get comfortable writing in that vein, but you can't… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Before I had published anything, I still hung out with people who liked to write. None of us had published, so there… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Like most people, Im fascinated by characters who are completely flawed personalities, riven by anguish and doubt, and are psychologically suspect. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I suppose people might consider me a 'loose' reader, as I seem willing to read anything of quality thinking and prose. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I assumed just from being around, all these years, that people would immediately glom on to, Well, it's a departure, and it's… — 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
