Writing has certain advantages; film is another way to tell a story. An experienced filmmaker will take what she needs from the book and leave
At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book,
I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories.
My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father came and had a life in
I feel as though I’ve gotten to a point where I don’t really want to set a book in any real place ever again.
I think if you speak to any creative person, there’s something so powerful – so intoxicating, if you will – about discovering another voice, another
If certain books are to be termed ‘immigrant fiction,’ what do we call the rest? Native fiction? Puritan fiction? This distinction doesn’t agree with me.
With ‘Interpreter,’ I didn’t know it was ever going to be a book, that they were going to be published. I was writing them in
You can’t have a hit every time. The main thing is to keep on working and not be afraid to take risks. It’s better to
If I stop to think about fans, or best-selling, or not best-selling, or good reviews, or not-good reviews, it just becomes too much. It’s like
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