--- title: "5 Amy Tan Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Amy Tan quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Amy Tan sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/otto-penzler-84948_amy_ridley-pearson-also-plays-bass-guitar-an_66086.png" --- > [Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such successful authors as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-penzler/ridley-pearson-also-plays-bass-guitar-and-sings-with-the-rock-bottom/) [Otto Penzler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-penzler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/otto-penzler-84948_amy_ridley-pearson-also-plays-bass-guitar-an_66086.png) > [I felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. I was desperate to shout what I wanted, but I didn’t know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-felt-stuck-in-the-bottom-of-a-wishing-well-i-was-desperate-to-shout/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/amy-tan-730_amy_i-felt-stuck-in-the-bottom-of-a-wishing_179121.jpg) > [If someone were to call me 'the next Amy Tan,' it would not be because - or not primarily because - we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celeste-ng/if-someone-were-to-call-me-the-next-amy-tan-it-would-not-be-because/) [Celeste Ng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celeste-ng/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/celeste-ng-1718_american_if-someone-were-to-call-me-the-next-amy_199580.jpg) > [“Eric Ripert’s 32 Yolks, Joanne Harris’s Chocolat, Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast, Richard Morais’s The Hundred-Foot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellery-adams/eric-ripert-s-32-yolks-joanne-harris-s-chocolat-amy-tan-s-the-joy/) [Ellery Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellery-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/ellery-adams-44275_moveable-feast_eric-ripert-s-32-yolks-joanne-harris-s-c_1959862.jpg) > [“Our masterpieces are Shakespeare and Jane Austen and griots and Murasaki Shikibu, but they’re also J.K. Rowling and Chuck Palahnuik and Douglas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/our-masterpieces-are-shakespeare-and-jane-austen-and-griots-and/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/beth-revis-2212_books_our-masterpieces-are-shakespeare-and-jan_2434028.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amy-tan/#itemlist", "name": "Amy Tan Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such successful authors as Amy Tan, Stephen King, and Dave Barry-a band that, according to Barry, \"plays music as well as Metallica writes novels\".", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Otto Penzler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-penzler/ridley-pearson-also-plays-bass-guitar-and-sings-with-the-rock-bottom/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/otto-penzler-84948_amy_ridley-pearson-also-plays-bass-guitar-an_66086.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/otto-penzler-84948_amy_ridley-pearson-also-plays-bass-guitar-an_66086.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/otto-penzler-84948_amy_ridley-pearson-also-plays-bass-guitar-an_66086.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such…” — Otto Penzler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. 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