Susan Choi Quotes

Susan Choi — American Novelist born on December 29, 1969,

Susan Choi is an American novelist. Choi was born in South Bend, Indiana to a Korean father and a Jewish mother. When she was nine years old, her parents divorced. She and her mother moved to Houston, Texas. Choi earned a B.A. in Literature from Yale University and an M.F.A. from Cornell University. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York... (wikipedia)

I've at times in my past been so unhappy, and thought, like, 'I would give anything for this not to be happening.' And, you know, as people say, time passes, and then you think, 'I'm kind of glad that happened to me.'

Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if you're charming enough, you can get away with anything.

The complexity of the world is so overwhelming and so present to everyone.

All sorts of creative communities are withering in New York because it's too hard to live here. It's ridiculous how expensive it is.

Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.