“In truth, he had always considered the sight of men eating croissants slightly ridiculous, especially at the beginning, when for the first bite they had to maneuver the point of the crescent into their mouths. No matter what a person… — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
I like to listen. I'm much more interested in listening than in speaking, for sure. — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule. — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
It's a matter of whether you see the self as fundamentally in relationship to other selves or not - whether you see the boundary… — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
For students who are in the most creative group in America to somehow be presumed to be narrow is just completely meshugga. — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
There's nothing about interdependence that would keep somebody from making art. — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
It's human to hear stories and to know how people live and to imagine how that is for them. It's very interdependent! — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
Chinese language tends to be quick, economical. To know what people are saying, you always need to know what the context is. — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
Many women tend toward the interdependent end of things, we tend to see ourselves in relationship to others to a far greater degree than… — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
The independents are the ones who tend to commit suicide. I'm not against this way of being in the world. Individuals have brought us… — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
