The first thing I do whenever I go to Thailand is seek out the closest restaurant or stall selling mango-and-sticky rice: it's a little hillock of glutinous rice drenched in lashings of coconut milk and served with fresh mango. Hanya Yanagihara closecoconutdrench share on social
In Mumbai, the air is saltier. The sea is roilier. The traffic is snarlier. The pinks are pinker. The ostentation is crazier. Hanya Yanagihara aircrazymumbai Change image and share on social
I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I. Hanya Yanagihara consciouseditorinsecure Change image and share on social
I took a 51 day trip through Asia; 12 countries and 26 cities. I traveled for 51 days. So, it was everywhere from Sri Lanka and that all the way to Japan, where we ended it. Hanya Yanagihara asiacitycountry Change image and share on social
I was born in L.A., then we moved to Hawaii, then we moved to New York, then we moved to Baltimore, then we moved to California, then we moved to Hawaii, then we moved to Texas, then we moved to Hawaii, then we moved to California. This was before I was 17. Hanya Yanagihara baltimorebearcalifornia share on social
Once you join the queue for the immigration line, pay attention to what the expeditor tells you. Have your papers ready. Don't have your cell phone out. Take off your hat. Open your passport to the page with your photo and present it to the immigration officer already open. Hanya Yanagihara attentioncellexpeditor share on social
I don't think that genius goes hand in hand with being socially inept or being a sociopath or being a misanthrope, but I do think that it is a mind that can think so differently - so beyond how one is supposed to think. Hanya Yanagihara differentlygeniushand share on social
I think that fiction writers can write about anyone. If you are writing a character, and the only thing they are to you is their otherness, then you haven't written a character. Hanya Yanagihara characterfictionotherness Change image and share on social
In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better. Hanya Yanagihara americanbigforward Change image and share on social
My father was a research doctor at the National Institutes of Health in the early 1980s, and you couldn't work in the field and not know about D. Carleton Gajdusek, who my father often mentioned. Hanya Yanagihara 1980scarletondoctor Change image and share on social