Brother Quote by Chang-Rae Lee

I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it needs to…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I was a war correspondent in Korea. I did a book on it: 'This is War.'

— David Douglas Duncan

I did a lot of reading of first person accounts from Koreans and combatants and aid workers. And I spoke to relatives. A lot…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I am a veteran of the Korean War.

— Robert Fuller

To be honest, I'm not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated.

— Chang-Rae Lee

I surrendered all my privacy to write this book. It was so hard and so painful. I went through so much crazy stuff. But…

— Park Yeon-mi

My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I've always wanted…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.

— Michael Morpurgo

I don't know if it's unique, but I know many Korean American people of my generation who want to know about their grandparents' lives…

— Crystal Hana Kim

What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write…

— Aminatta Forna

I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough.

— Min Jin Lee

My dad fought in Korea. It was one of the first stories I remember hearing about.

— Paul Beatty