Asian american Quote by Amy Tan

I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?

— Amy Tan

“We've tried to keep her connected to her Chinese background and we've always felt really good about that, but what if, instead of building…

— Lisa See

“I don't want her to either, which is exactly what I've been saying. Still, there's a part of me that hates that our family…

— Lisa See

“I explained that he was Chinese, and she asked if the movie would be in Chinese. "No," I said, "he lives in America. In…

— David Sedaris

“We may look and act modern in many ways, but we can’t escape what we are... obedient chinese daughters.”

— Lisa See

“I'm wondering whether I can explain," said Lee. "Where there is no likeness of experience it's very difficult. I understand you were not born…

— John Steinbeck

“In a crowd of Caucasians, two Chinese people are already like family.”

— Amy Tan

There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests. For their…

— Amy Chua

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

Growing up as an Asian American, we're lucky to have two sentences in a history book about the Chinese-American experience.

— Justin Lin

“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything…

— Stephen Chbosky

“She cried, 'No choice! No choice!' She doesn't know. If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can…

— Amy Tan