“But most good writers are Don Quixote at heart, and unreasonableness is often a condition of art.”
Ha Jin“I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions.”
Ha Jin“Once you've done it with him, he won't abandon you. If he really loves you, if he's a man with a heart, he'll follow you wherever you go. If he doesn't, he isn't the man you want, is he?”
Ha Jin, Waiting“We ate away, reminiscing about our victories over the enemies from different streets and villages and competing with each other in casting curses. A few golden butterflies and dragonflies were fluttering around us. The afternoon air was warm and clean, and the town below us seemed like a green harbor full of white sails.”
Ha Jin, Under the Red Flag“But most good writers are Don Quixote at heart, and unreasonableness is often a condition of art.”
Ha Jin, The Writer as Migrant