The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book. Hanya Yanagihara bookdifferencefinish Change image and share on social
There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey. You know that someone has actually researched and reported all these things. You can see and hear their tone in what they chosen to include and what they haven't. Hanya Yanagihara bookchoosehear 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
If the only thing you knew about Oman was its location, you might never go at all. Hanya Yanagihara knowlocationoman Change image and share on social
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. Hanya Yanagihara collegecolonizationhawaii Change image and 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
One of the things I'm fascinated by as a traveler is watching how different countries control how they let the world encounter them. Hanya Yanagihara controlcountryencounter Change image and share on social
Sometimes, of course, there's no quick way to make it through immigration: Different airports have gluts of incoming flights at different times of day, and short of rearranging your flight schedule to ensure you'll land at a low-traffic hour, there's nothing you can do. Hanya Yanagihara airportdayensure 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
