We can never flee the misery that is within us. Arthur Golden fleemisery Change image and share on social
I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha. He and I never discussed his parentage, which was an open secret, but it fascinated me. Arthur Golden afterwardbusinessmancollege share on social
What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible. Arthur Golden limitplausiblestory Change image and share on social
Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was kind of fascinating and ended up reading about the subject just about the same time I was getting interested in writing fiction. Arthur Golden endfascinatefellow share on social
As an American man of the 1990s writing about a Japanese woman of the 1930s, I needed to cross three cultural divides - man to woman, American to Japanese, and present to past. Arthur Golden 1930s1990samerican Change image and share on social
I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it. Arthur Golden endurefranklylong Change image and share on social
This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away. Arthur Golden decidedetailfind Change image and share on social