Susan Choi
Susan Choi
Susan Choiis 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 Universityand an M.F.A. from Cornell University. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
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I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect that themes or subjects become identifiable. That's the fun of it: discovering what's next. I'm often surprised by plot developments I would not have dreamed of starting out, but that, in the course of the writing, come to seem inevitable.
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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.
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The most shocking act, closely examined, is just a louder version of some habitual gesture.
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Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if youre charming enough, you can get away with anything.