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I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Am American American Values Chinese Chinese Culture Culture Emotional Emotional Level Know Level Means Values I Am

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It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

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Topics: About Because Being Ever Life Luxury Think Writer You

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My mother believed in curses, karma, good luck, bad luck, feng shui. Her amorphous set of beliefs showed me you can pick and choose the qualities of your philosophy, based on what works for you.

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Topics: Bad Bad Luck Based Beliefs Believed Choose Curses Good Good Luck Her Karma Luck Me Mother Philosophy Pick Pick And Choose Qualities Set Works You Your

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There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right path.

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Topics: Always Being Careful Lot Needed Path People Picking Right Right Path Successful Think Who

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I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.

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Topics: Betrayed Forgiving Had Hard Hard Time Like Me More People Time Times Who

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At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with my mother related to our different beliefs. Hers was based in family history, which I didn't know anything about. I always felt hesitant in talking about Chinese culture and American culture.

~Amy Tan

Topics: About Always American American Culture Anything Based Beginning Beliefs Career Chinese Chinese Culture Confusion Culture Different Different Beliefs Emotional Family Family History Felt Hers Hesitant History Knew Know Mother Nothing Our Related Talking Which Writer Writing

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No one can travel your own road for you; you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Beliefs Childhood Down Faith Family Grew Handed Me Must Own Religious Religious Beliefs Road Stems System Travel Up You Your Yourself

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No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Anybody Because Discouragement Encouragement Family Fiction Knew Literary Literary Fiction Meant Reader Think

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I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Away Carving Did Down Face Lose Myself Once Out Over Pain Same Stone Washing Water Way Worn Years

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It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Attack Both Conformity Rebellion Success You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: February 19th, 1952

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