--- title: "2 Precisely Quotes By Kim Young-ha" description: "2 Precisely quotes by Kim Young-ha. Plus more from Kim Young-ha and more Precisely sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/kim-young-ha-25628_about_the-most-difficult-thing-about-living-as_919347.jpg" --- > [The most difficult thing about living as a writer is precisely 'having to write.' Pretending to be a writer is easy. Living freely, reading many books, going on frequent trips, cultivating minor eccentricities... but genuinely being a writer is difficult,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/the-most-difficult-thing-about-living-as-a-writer-is-precisely-having/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/kim-young-ha-25628_about_the-most-difficult-thing-about-living-as_919347.jpg) > [When I wrote 'Your Republic Is Calling You,' it was Franz Kafka's writing that I had most in mind, and James Joyce's 'Ulysses.' Entirely out of the blue, Kafka's characters receive an order to go somewhere, and when they try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/when-i-wrote-your-republic-is-calling-you-it-was-franz-kafka-s/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cc/kim-young-ha-25628_blue_when-i-wrote-your-republic-is-calling-yo_1120418.jpg) ## More by Kim Young-ha > [I like to take certain aspects of genre fiction and modify them in my own way. 'Your Republic Is Calling You' follows the form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/i-like-to-take-certain-aspects-of-genre-fiction-and-modify-them-in-my/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [A military career offers the stability many South Korean women crave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/a-military-career-offers-the-stability-many-south-korean-women-crave/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [For all the popularity of spiritual advisers in South Korea, it still shocks to see the leaders of huge public companies relying on fortune-tellers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/for-all-the-popularity-of-spiritual-advisers-in-south-korea-it-still/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [In 2013, Samsung accounted for about 20 percent of South Korea's total business profits. Samsung Electronics, just one of scores of subsidiaries, accounts for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/in-2013-samsung-accounted-for-about-20-percent-of-south-korea-s-total/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [We don't know why we should be artists, but we have many reasons why we can't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/we-don-t-know-why-we-should-be-artists-but-we-have-many-reasons-why/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [The most difficult thing about living as a writer is precisely 'having to write.' Pretending to be a writer is easy. Living freely, reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/the-most-difficult-thing-about-living-as-a-writer-is-precisely-having/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [The moment kids start to lie is the moment storytelling begins. They are talking about things they didn't see. It's amazing. It's a wonderful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/the-moment-kids-start-to-lie-is-the-moment-storytelling-begins-they/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s - the era of military dictatorship when South Korea was rebuilding itself from a postwar economic basket…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/from-the-early-1960s-to-the-mid-1980s-the-era-of-military/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [Here's a question we all ask ourselves at least once when we're young: Where does that starlight come from? It's been there before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/here-s-a-question-we-all-ask-ourselves-at-least-once-when-we-re-young/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [We are all born artists. If you have kids, you know what I mean. Almost everything kids do is art. They draw with crayons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/we-are-all-born-artists-if-you-have-kids-you-know-what-i-mean-almost/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [In my 20s, I became obsessed with the role-playing game 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' named after a classical Chinese novel, and later 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/in-my-20s-i-became-obsessed-with-the-role-playing-game-romance-of-the/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [Don't be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/don-t-be-a-fish-be-a-frog-swim-in-the-water-and-jump-when-you-hit/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [When I wrote 'Your Republic Is Calling You,' it was Franz Kafka's writing that I had most in mind, and James Joyce's 'Ulysses.' Entirely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/when-i-wrote-your-republic-is-calling-you-it-was-franz-kafka-s/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [Of John Le Carre's books, I've only read 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold,' and I haven't read anything by Graham Greene,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/of-john-le-carre-s-books-i-ve-only-read-the-spy-who-came-in-from-the/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) > [When the head of the Hyundai Motor Company, Chung Mong-koo, was fighting with his younger brother Chung Mong-hun over the company's management, he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-young-ha/when-the-head-of-the-hyundai-motor-company-chung-mong-koo-was/) [Kim Young-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-young-ha/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/precisely/kim-young-ha/#itemlist", "name": "2 Precisely Quotes By Kim Young-ha", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most difficult thing about living as a writer is precisely 'having to write.' 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