Books Quotes by Amy Tan

“It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life. Read more at”

— Amy Tan

I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable.

— Amy Tan

“this book. I will try to repay all of you with sustenance”

— Amy Tan

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

— Amy Tan

My writing often contains souvenirs of the day - a song I heard, a bird I saw - which I then put…

— Amy Tan

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books…

— Amy Tan

I have loved works of fiction precisely for their illusions, for the author's sleight-of-hand in showing me the magic, what appeared in…

— Amy Tan

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because…

— Amy Tan

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books…

— Amy Tan

My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finish a book and want…

— Amy Tan

I would never require anyone to read any book. That seems antithetical to why we read - which is to choose a…

— Amy Tan

We all become different readers in how we respond to books, why we need them, what we take from them. We become…

— Amy Tan