It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
When you believe you have a future, you think in terms of generations and years. When you do not, you live not just by the day — but by the minute.
Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities.
It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before.