Kashmir, the 86,000-square-mile region in India's north, both is and isn't the India of the popular imagination. Hanya Yanagihara 000imaginationindia Change image and share on social
The nice thing about publishing later in life is that you already know who you are. You don't have to hang out with the 'Paris Review' crowd to try to make yourself feel like a legitimate writer. Hanya Yanagihara crowdfeelhang Change image and share on social
I think at first I didn't tell anyone I was writing something because I found so tedious the people who did. Hanya Yanagihara findpeopletedious Change image and share on social
Misanthropy is born, I think, out of an almost oppressive sense of loneliness, a conviction that there's no one on earth who understands you. I don't think misanthropes hate people: They hate that people hate them. Hanya Yanagihara bearconvictionearth share on social
I wrote my second novel, 'A Little Life,' in what I still think of as a fever dream: For 18 months, I was unable to properly concentrate on anything else. Hanya Yanagihara concentratedreamfever Change image and 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
No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks. Hanya Yanagihara arcblueboy share on social
I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again. Hanya Yanagihara 20s30s40s share on social