Anthropological fieldwork is so much like writing a novel. You don't know what the hell is going on. — Lily King Books Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you just find a culture that breaks your heart,” she said finally.” — Lily King Culture Copy Share Image
I had lived in France before graduate school, but because of Spain, I had a lot of the characters go and spend… — Lily King Bits Copy Share Image
“It came to him that he didn't like holidays. . . . They bore down on you. Each one always ended up… — Lily King Holiday Copy Share Image
“You don’t realise how language actually interferes with communication until you don’t have it, how it gets in the way like an… — Lily King Communication Copy Share Image
To go back to my childhood, I experienced lots of different family cultures, all the while feeling like none of them were… — Lily King Childhood Copy Share Image
“Hello and goodbye are the same. Baya ban,” she said. “As many times as you can stand it.” — Lily King Goodbye Copy Share Image
“A year and a half up that little tributary somewhere?’ Tillie said. ‘Good God,” — Lily King Copy Share Image
Anthropologists are great at novelistic observations. I would be thrilled if this novel would encourage anthropologists to write what they see in… — Lily King Anthropologists Copy Share Image
There are very few things I would love to do other than a life of writing, and I think being a singer-songwriter… — Lily King Anthropologists Copy Share Image
I think of companies like Nokia having anthropologists who study how people use cell phones, who do that kind of commercial and… — Lily King Anthropologists Copy Share Image
Ever since high school I've been writing in a spiral notebook, in pencil. Everything looks too polished on a computer when you… — Lily King Computer Copy Share Image
I loved languages, and loved learning languages. It was fantastic. But I was alone there. I remember that time as a real… — Lily King Fantastic Copy Share Image
I always had this put-together family, and I always identified as the outsider. And that's a position where I feel most comfortable,… — Lily King Belong Copy Share Image
Anthropological fieldwork is so much like writing a novel. Granted, you don't have the physical disruption and disorientation, but writing a novel… — Lily King Books Copy Share Image
“I asked her if she believed you could ever truly understand another culture. I told her the longer I stayed, the more… — Lily King Culture Copy Share Image
“I search for in my work, in these far-flung places, to find a group of people who give each other the room… — Lily King Culture Copy Share Image
“So much of this trip had been spent gazing at spectacular sights, which always filled me, as this one did now, with… — Lily King Beauty Copy Share Image
You don't realize how language actually interferes with communication until you don't have it, how it gets in the way like an… — Lily King Attention Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in a claustrophobic situation where people might be powerless to do things. My first three novels were all about… — Lily King Children Copy Share Image
“Who can explain why a few words in a particular tone can clear acres of sudden unfamiliarity? ...Would that person look up… — Lily King Another day Copy Share Image
When you have people who get angry quickly, you have to learn the rules to avoid being in that situation. — Lily King Angry Copy Share Image
