Quotes by : Alexander Chee

You are never lost in sorrow, it seems to me, ever. You do know the way. In fact, you don't think there's....

PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue....

Liz Benedict, a teacher of mine at Iowa, is the person who introduced me to James Salter's work.

I resented the idea of being talented. I couldn’t respect it — in my experience, no one else did.....

The secret to being a rider in the hippodrome wasn't just that you must be agile, or that you must be....

You ought to know, you were my best friend. You were. I know you loved me. I loved you.No one should....

After his sisters were taken away, the Japanese occupying force sent my grandfather to Imperial Schools.....

The beauty of Maine is such that you can't really see it clearly while you live there. But now that I've....

Lilliet Berne, La Generale, newly returned to Paris after a year spent away, the Falcon soprano whose....

I could stand before him, be in his arms as I was just then, and still be lost to him, some phantom of....