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There comes a point when you're writing a novel when you're in it so deep that the life of the novel becomes more real to you than life itself. You have to write your way out of it; once you're there, it's too late to abandon.

~Hanya Yanagihara

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I wanted to write a story about colonization and about Hawaii. I went to college right at the height of identity politics, and that's how I always read 'The Tempest,' for example.

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One of the fun things about unreliable narrators is they can be funny. You can admire things about them and laugh with them.

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Publishing is a business, and I completely understand it. But when you don't have to depend on writing for your identity or your income, you can do whatever you want.

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I think fiction writers should work. If you have a job and are not living off advances or grants, you never have to make concessions in your writing, ever.

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When you write a novel, you never have to be in the service of the reader. My only concern with my books is that the world that's created be as logical and whole as possible.

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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.

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I think for a lot of people, friendship is a relationship that gets devalued once they move on to what people consider to be more important relationships: once you find a partner or when you have kids.

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In a basic sense, 'A Little Life' is a homage to how my friends and I live our lives. I wanted to push past the definitions of how we typically define friendship. It's a different version of adulthood, but it's no less important and no less legitimate than anyone else's.

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What makes a fulfilling relationship or fulfilling life is not simply found in another. It's found in a group of others.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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