Quotes by Amy Tan

Amy Tan

American author

Lived from: 1952 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 19 february 1952

  • I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer.
  • In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.
  • People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.

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  • I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer.
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  • If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
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  • In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.
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  • It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.
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  • People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.
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  • Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.
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  • We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour.
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  • Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.
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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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Amy Tan?

The two most famous quotes from Amy Tan are:

  • "I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer."
  • "If you can't change your fate, change your attitude."

When did Amy Tan live?

Amy Tan was born in 1952.