"In a basic sense, 'A Little Life' is a homage to how my friends and I live our lives. I wanted to push past the definitions of how we typically define friendship. It's a different version of adulthood, but it's no less important and no less legitimate than anyone else's."
Hanya Yanagihara"Kashmir, the 86,000-square-mile region in India's north, both is and isn't the India of the popular imagination."
Hanya Yanagihara"I have never wanted a family. I don't believe in marriage, though I obviously believe it should be legal for everyone who wants to do it. But it is not something I believe in, nor do the characters in my book, nor do any of my friends."
Hanya Yanagihara