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
Go to any Shinto temple in Japan and you'll see it: a simple stand from which hang hundreds of wooden postcard-size plaques with a colorful image on one side and, on the other, densely scribbled Japanese characters in black felt-tip pen, pleas to the gods for help or succor. Hanya Yanagihara blackcharactercolorful share on social
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. Hanya Yanagihara bookconcerncreate Change image and share on social
I think anything goes in fiction as long as it fits within the interior logic of the work itself and is presented in a disciplined manner. Hanya Yanagihara disciplinefictionfit Change image and share on social
Sometimes we all work so hard to overcome various things, and we are very cruel as a society and tough on people who we think aren't trying hard enough. Hanya Yanagihara cruelhardovercome Change image and share on social
I do have the sense that, although there may be no one way to write a novel, there are many novelists who are in fact part of some sort of larger literary community, whether in the form of a writing group or an MFA program, to name two of the more common forms. Hanya Yanagihara commoncommunityfact share on social
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. Hanya Yanagihara advanceconcessionfiction Change image and share on social
What any writer hopes for is that the reader will stick with you to the end of the contract and that there is a level of submission on the reader's part. Hanya Yanagihara contractendhope Change image and share on social
Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop. Hanya Yanagihara airyarmbeigh share on social
I love how Vietnamese cuisine always tastes like flowers, and how they had the ingenious idea of pairing that floral flavor with seafood: such a combination shouldn't work as well as it does. Hanya Yanagihara combinationcuisineflavor Change image and share on social
