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14 quotes by Susan Choi

Susan Choi (born 1969) is an American novelist. Choi was born in South Bend, Indiana to a Korean father and the American daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants. When she was nine years old, her parents divorced. She and her mother moved to Houston, Texas. Choi earned a B.A. in Literature from Yale University (1990) and an M.F.A. from Cornell University. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. After receiving her graduate degree, she worked...
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I've at times in my past been so unhappy, and thought, like, 'I would give anything for this not to be happening.' And, you know, as... →

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Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if you're charming enough, you can get away with anything.

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The complexity of the world is so overwhelming and so present to everyone.

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I think 'Gatsby' is hobbled, in part, by its status as a Great American Novel. People kind of roll their eyes before they've even opened... →

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All sorts of creative communities are withering in New York because it's too hard to live here. It's ridiculous how expensive it is.

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Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.

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I start with characters, and then I start writing, and then, if I'm lucky, things start to happen.

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I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my most reliable neighbor to the right is Kate... →

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I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So I stopped trying to fit the material I... →

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I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades and a full scholarship and a graduate degree and a... →

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I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect that themes or subjects become identifiable.... →

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If I'm not in the dead heat of working on something, I can end up spending tons and tons of time on the Web, and I hate it. I feel the same shame... →

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It's pathetic, but I don't really remember my first time reading 'The Great Gatsby.' I must have read it in high school. I'm... →

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