"But maybe it's the laboring that gives you shape. Might the most fulfilling times be those spent solo at your tasks, literally immersed or not, when you are able to uncover the smallest surprises and unlikely details of some process or operation that in turn exposes your proclivities and prejudices both?"
Chang-Rae Lee is an American novelist known for literary works exploring identity, migration, and memory. He won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for his debut novel Native Speaker. Lee has also taught creative writing and literature at major universities.