“Twenty-five million people who live in North Korea are denied freedom ...” — Min Jin Lee Quote

“Twenty-five million people who live in North Korea are denied freedom in every respect of their lives. In short, they are hostages. Imagine 25 million hostages.”

“I thought, 'Nobody wants this book, and I'm an idiot for having worked on it so hard.' But to succeed in writing, you must be willing to look stupid for a long time. 'Pachinko' took so long because I got it wrong so many times.”

“I think that what's bizarre to me about life is that sometimes you have to have everything taken away before you experience grace or before you actually recognize that grace can happen to you.”

“I'll be doing stand-up for the rest of my life. The opportunities that it grants you can't be denied. Stand-up is both the hardest thing I do and the thing I enjoy most.”

“Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted.”

“I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.”