“I have to be honest about this: I wouldn't tell a lot of kids to go an...” — Min Jin Lee Quote

“I have to be honest about this: I wouldn't tell a lot of kids to go and be writers. It's a tough, tough business. It's not a business. It's more like a tough road. It's a really tough road.”

“I believe there is meaning in life. I believe there is good and evil.”

“A novel, especially a first novel, is... really an emotional autobiography. All these emotions I'm embarrassed at having had, I've written about.”

“To be honest, I haven't had a lot of time off.”

“To be honest, I came up with the Carmella character completely on my own.”

“There is so much politics and whatever in football and I just can't wait to see the back of it, to be honest.”