Ocean Vuong

I thank you for sharing that story.

I don't know why. I still think about that, and I don't understand it, but I just knew that I was receiving something really vulnerable.

I don't know why. I still think about that, and I don't understand it, but I just knew that I was receiving something really vulnerable.

I don't know why. I still think about that, and I don't understand it, but I just knew that I was receiving something really vulnerable.

When I was a younger writer, I thought you had to fill the page or else nothing happens. But the more I work at this, the more I realize that writing is about listening to the world. You're collaborating with the world. You don't shut it away and go into your little desk or your cave and create genius work. It doesn't work like that. Ultimately, nobody writes a good sentence by accident.

When I was a younger writer, I thought you had to fill the page or else nothing happens. But the more I work at this, the more I realize that writing is about listening to the world. You're collaborating with the world. You don't shut it away and go into your little desk or your cave and create genius work. It doesn't work like that. Ultimately, nobody writes a good sentence by accident.

When I was a younger writer, I thought you had to fill the page or else nothing happens. But the more I work at this, the more I realize that writing is about listening to the world. You're collaborating with the world. You don't shut it away and go into your little desk or your cave and create genius work. It doesn't work like that. Ultimately, nobody writes a good sentence by accident.

It comes with care. You have to really care for the world. And every author's book is multiple drafts, means it comes out of tireless care, obsession, worry. And when you hold up anyone's book, you're getting their best self. And the best self for me comes from really engaging with the world without judgment and really being interested in people. At the end of the day,

It comes with care. You have to really care for the world. And every author's book is multiple drafts, means it comes out of tireless care, obsession, worry. And when you hold up anyone's book, you're getting their best self. And the best self for me comes from really engaging with the world without judgment and really being interested in people. At the end of the day,

It comes with care. You have to really care for the world. And every author's book is multiple drafts, means it comes out of tireless care, obsession, worry. And when you hold up anyone's book, you're getting their best self. And the best self for me comes from really engaging with the world without judgment and really being interested in people. At the end of the day,

All I would say is that as an author, I'm just really interested in human beings. That's it. Everything else is craft. You can learn that. You'll find a way to get that. But what you can't learn is a deep investment in compassionate watching and listening of our species.

All I would say is that as an author, I'm just really interested in human beings. That's it. Everything else is craft. You can learn that. You'll find a way to get that. But what you can't learn is a deep investment in compassionate watching and listening of our species.

All I would say is that as an author, I'm just really interested in human beings. That's it. Everything else is craft. You can learn that. You'll find a way to get that. But what you can't learn is a deep investment in compassionate watching and listening of our species.

I get one draft at Life, and I usually mess it up, but High got 12 drafts, so... He's a little more refined.

I get one draft at Life, and I usually mess it up, but High got 12 drafts, so... He's a little more refined.

I get one draft at Life, and I usually mess it up, but High got 12 drafts, so... He's a little more refined.

I think at the heart of every writer, you have to really love the world, even when it's difficult to love. And I think description... is autobiographical in that when you describe something, you're giving it a point of view. How you describe something, how you see something says a lot about yourself. And I think I saw all these people in my life and I never heard anyone write about them.

I think at the heart of every writer, you have to really love the world, even when it's difficult to love. And I think description... is autobiographical in that when you describe something, you're giving it a point of view. How you describe something, how you see something says a lot about yourself. And I think I saw all these people in my life and I never heard anyone write about them.

I think at the heart of every writer, you have to really love the world, even when it's difficult to love. And I think description... is autobiographical in that when you describe something, you're giving it a point of view. How you describe something, how you see something says a lot about yourself. And I think I saw all these people in my life and I never heard anyone write about them.

And I said, if the sentence can pin life to the page, I want to pin these people who never got to get out. You know, we fetishize these heroes' journey about getting out of this town, And it's a very cathartic one. We love these stories. We want to feel that everyone can get out. But the majority of people can't. And won't. And won't. And sometimes by choice.