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I talk about religion because it's one of the ways human beings find power and belonging. Religion is more than just that - I think faith traditions give us ways to talk about experiences of the numinous, too - but power and belonging are a big part of it.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Because Beings Belonging Big Big Part Experiences Faith Find Give Human Human Beings Just More Part Power Religion Talk Than Think Too Traditions Us Ways I Think

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The thing about research is that there's no end. You constantly have this fear that an expert who knows more than you will call you out on some detail in your book.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Book Call Constantly Detail End Expert Fear Knows More Out Research Some Than Thing Who Will You Your

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If I'm writing about a modern-day suburb, there's going to be details of the home and furniture, and if I'm writing about a historical period, those details, those pieces of the world are going to be there as well, but they'll be simplified, because I'm cartooning it.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Because Cartooning Details Furniture Going Historical Home Modern-Day Period Pieces Suburb Those Well World Writing

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I work at a high school, and we have an anime and manga club.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Anime Club High High School School Work

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During the Cultural Revolution, the communists came in, and what they wanted to do was eradicate all sense of traditional Chinese culture.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Came Chinese Chinese Culture Communists Cultural Culture Eradicate Revolution Sense Traditional Wanted

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I finished 'American Born Chinese' in 2005, so after that, I started actively researching the Boxer Rebellion.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Actively After American Born Boxer Chinese Finished Rebellion Researching Started

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To be able to write 'Superman,' to be able to work with the legendary artist who is John Romita Jr., I signed on as soon as I could.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Able Artist Could John Legendary Signed Soon Superman Who Work Write

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Superman has been around for so long; he's been around for, what, eight decades now? And he goes through these different eras where different aspects of who he is get emphasized.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Around Aspects Been Decades Different Eight Emphasized Eras Get Goes He Long Now Superman Through Where Who

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This is a profession for me, but I started off as a self-publisher working on my own schedule and my own stuff before moving on to graphic novels with First Second Books, where there was definitely a schedule, but it was very different from monthly comics.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Before Books Comics Definitely Different First Graphic Graphic Novels Me Monthly Moving Moving On My Own Novels Off Own Profession Schedule Second Started Stuff Very Where Working

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I minored in creative writing in college, and I've played with the idea of doing something more hybrid, but comics are my first love.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: College Comics Creative Creative Writing Doing First First Love Hybrid Idea Love More Played Something Writing

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Writer

Born: August 9th, 1973

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