Min Jin Lee

in every field of creativity.

So are we to say that women aren't artists and creators and writers and thinkers and scientists?

I mean, it's absurd when you think about all the institutional barriers women have had to suffer through and had to fight and still are fighting to be validated.

So I think that if you take this idea that if you are working really hard in your field,

You are that person.

And I think that self-accreditation is okay.

As a matter of fact, it's urgently necessary in order for you to get out of bed and go back to your desk or go back to your table.

You spend a lot of time researching.

as you're writing your books.

And I understand you took a class at Harvard Business School when you were writing Free Fruit for Millionaires because your main character, Casey, was a milliner.

You took an entire semester at the Fashion Institute of Technology to learn how to make hats.

How are your hat-making skills, by the way?

I was thinking about that, like, ooh, I have to ask Min about that.

Oh, I took a semester at FIT in millinery because I could afford it.

I spent actually only one day at HBS applying.

Right.

I know that you... Yeah, you asked, how do you get to go to a class?

And you're like, apply.

Yeah, so I applied to HBS.

So in order to apply, you have to go for a full day and take a class.