Hanya Yanagihara : (4)

" I’d be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I. " - Hanya Yanagihara

" I wrote my second novel, ‘A Little Life,’ in what I still think of as a fever dream: For 18 months, I was unable to properly concentrate on anything else. " - Hanya Yanagihara

" In a basic sense, ‘A Little Life’ is a homage to how my friends and I live our lives. I wanted to push past the definitions of how we typically define friendship. It’s a different version of adulthood, but it’s no less important and no less legitimate than anyone else’s. " - Hanya Yanagihara

" We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not. " - Hanya Yanagihara