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There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they change. If the stories don't change they just die.

~Maxine Hong Kingston

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I have found things that I could have done better in 'The Woman Warrior.' But then I thought: Let the work of one's youth just stand.

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When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That kind of thinking gets in the way.

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When I'm teaching, I tell my students: It's all process. Don't even think of product.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 27th, 1940

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