Arthur Golden
Arthur Golden
Arthur Goldenis an American writer. He is the author of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 December 1956
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful geisha ifs
Geisha is always called beautiful even if she is not.
geisha memories-of-a-geisha
I don't like things held up before me that I cannot have.
choices want geisha
We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice.
thinking world geisha
If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was.
men mood geisha
A geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms.
mean memories-of-a-geisha knows
Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.
entirely recognize
This character's entirely invented, and the woman that I interviewed wouldn't recognize herself, or really anything about herself, in this book, which she hasn't read, because she doesn't read English.
again decided details found historical people third throw time written
This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away.
american-writer
It is confusing, because in this culture we really don't have anything that corresponds to geisha.
storm moments barren
Was life nothing more than a storm that constantly washed away what had been there only a moment before, and left behind something barren and unrecognizable?
life rocks long
By the time we arrived, as evening was approaching, I felt as sore as a rock must feel when the waterfall has pounded on it all day long.
thinking mind littles
I tried to continue, but somehow my throat made up its mind to swallow – though I can’t think what I was swallowing, unless it was a little knot of emotion I pushed back down because there was no room in my face for any more.
feelings loud disgusting
My feelings of disgust had been so loud within me, they’d nearly drowned out everything else.
I've lived my life again just telling it to you.