Susan Choi
I think 'Gatsby' is hobbled, in part, by its status as a Great American Novel. People kind of roll their eyes before they've even opened it, treat it with a 'been there, done that' attitude. I know I did. It took me years to re-open the novel and see how much I'd missed.Collection: Attitude
The complexity of the world is so overwhelming and so present to everyone.Collection: World
The most shocking act, closely examined, is just a louder version of some habitual gesture.Collection: Gestures
Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.Collection: School
Ive 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, Im kind of glad that happened to me.Collection: Past
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.Collection: Culture
I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So I stopped trying to fit the material I was working with into these tidy little short fiction packages.Collection: Writing