I felt like I haven't had the typical experience of a novelist whose book becomes a movie. Kaui Hart Hemmings bookexperiencefelt Change image and share on social
Jonathan Franzen seems like the grumpiest guy, and he doesn't seem to like much of anything, so I really don't care what he has to say. Kaui Hart Hemmings carefranzengrumpy Change image and share on social
Nothing has changed that much, even during filmmaking for 'The Descendants.' I wrote. I took the kids to school. I cleaned the house. And I had dinner with George Clooney. Kaui Hart Hemmings changecleanclooney Change image and share on social
My seven-year-old daughter knows old songs and how the neighborhoods got their names. There are little things: Businesses receive blessings from Hawaiian priests before opening, and everyone's kids have their debut luau. You can't really get through a day without doing something Hawaiian. Kaui Hart Hemmings blessingbusinessdaughter share on social
Sometimes I loved the disruptive student in class who livened up lectures with wisecracks - it put a spin on things, added flavor, made me laugh. Other times, I wished the heckler would just shut up so I could learn something. Kaui Hart Hemmings addclassdisruptive share on social
The best thing about being a fiction writer is that where the truth is inconvenient, I could veer away. Kaui Hart Hemmings fictioninconvenientthing Change image and share on social
After college, I moved to Breckenridge, Colorado, and went snowboarding every day. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew what I didn't want to do. So I applied to grad school for writing, and I just gave it a shot and took it from there. Kaui Hart Hemmings applybreckenridgecollege share on social