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Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Build Creativity Gathering Input Material Requires Research Which You

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My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Culture Familiar Feel First First Job Information Information Technology Job Like Programmer Sector Technology I Feel I Feel Like

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'Shadow Hero' was a dream to work on.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Dream Hero Shadow Work

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Immigrant parents dream that their children will find a place in their new home, and they willingly suffer hardships in service to that dream. That was certainly true of my parents.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Certainly Children Dream Find Hardships Home Immigrant New Parents Place Service Suffer True Will Willingly

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I noticed that when my daughter was born, my son really, really liked her. But then as she started getting older, and as she started crawling around our house and touching different things that were his, sibling rivalry issues started appearing.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Appearing Around Born Crawling Daughter Different Different Things Getting Getting Older Her His House Issues Liked Noticed Older Our Really Rivalry She Sibling Son Started Then Things Touching Were

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I grew up with an Apple 2E - I had a deep, emotional attachment to that machine - and I loved doodling.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Apple Attachment Deep Emotional Grew Had Loved Machine Up

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We're afraid of writing characters different from ourselves because we're afraid of getting it wrong. We're afraid of what the Internet might say.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Afraid Because Characters Different Getting Internet Might Ourselves Say Writing Wrong

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'The Green Turtle' wasn't all that popular. He lasted only five issues of Blazing Comics before disappearing into obscurity.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Before Blazing Comics Disappearing Five Green He Issues Lasted Obscurity Only Popular Turtle

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I love the interplay between words and pictures. I love the fact that in comics, your pictures are acting like words, presenting themselves to be read.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Acting Between Comics Fact Like Love Pictures Presenting Read Themselves Words Your I Love

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I love hearing people who are smarter than me talk about my comics. It makes me feel smarter.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Comics Feel Hearing Love Makes Me People Smarter Talk Than Who I Love

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Writer

Born: August 9th, 1973

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