Am Quote by Amy Tan

The American culture is pursue your own happiness, follow your dreams. The Chinese side is sacrifice everything for your family; it's all about the…

— Jon M. Chu

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

— Martin Yan

I think a lot of us go through a period where we feel like outsiders, and deal with that by wishing we were insiders.…

— Gene Luen Yang

“The contrast is striking,” writes Michael Harris Bond, a cross-cultural psychologist who focuses on China. “The Americans emphasize sociability and prize those attributes that…

— Susan Cain

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that…

— Amy Chua

Americans believe that you can alter people by conversion, and that everybody in the world is a potential American. The Chinese also believe that…

— Henry A. Kissinger

At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with…

— Amy Tan

Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.

— Patrick Chan

I'm conscious of the fact that I'm sort of a bridging figure. I have my Chinese literary heritage and cultural background, so I'm comfortable…

— Ken Liu

I think we Chinese are just as capable, as diligent, as hardworking, as peace-loving, and as creative as people everywhere.

— Li Lu

I'm a Chinese American.

— Eric Yuan

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

— Anchee Min