“He was not what he made up his mind to be. A man was the sum of his limits: freedom only made him see how much so. America was no America.” — 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
“In truth, he had always considered the sight of men eating croissants slightly ridiculous, especially at the beginning, when for the first bite they… — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
I'm trying to give people an idea of what black looks like and what white looks like before I introduce them to gray. — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
“Plain boiled food, plain boiled thinking. Even his name is plain boiled: John. Maybe because I grew up with black bean sauce and hoisin… — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
