Quotes About Chang-Rae Lee

I write on a computer. On breaks, I'll make myself green tea. I don't want something too caffeinated. I guess I don't believe in chemical enhancement of my writing. Just slight, but nothing crazy.

In my other books, things do happen, but they are kind of bookends to the real action, which for me was an exploration of consciousness. Not that I don't get into the consciousness of the people in 'The Surrendered,' but you could say there's not as much anxiety about it.

One of the ready advantages of writing a road or quest story is that it mirrors the experience of writing a novel.

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