Iris Chang

Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.

— Iris Chang

The spoken word vanished with the wind. Likewise, the unrecorded life disappears as if it never existed.

— Iris Chang

There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much…

— Iris Chang

For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine…

— Iris Chang

I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities.

— Iris Chang

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.

— Iris Chang

“Looking back upon millennia of history, it appears clear that no race or culture has monopoly on wartime cruelty. The veneer of…

— Iris Chang

There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

— Iris Chang

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

— Iris Chang

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

— Iris Chang

Its a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture.…

— Iris Chang

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

— Iris Chang

Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have…

— Iris Chang

Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe.

— Iris Chang

Please believe in THE POWER OF ONE. One person can make an enormous difference in the world. One person - actually, one…

— Iris Chang

I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.

— Iris Chang

We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which…

— Iris Chang

When you believe you have a future, you think in terms of generations and years. When you do not, you live not…

— Iris Chang

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.

— Iris Chang

I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have…

— Iris Chang

When you take something extremely broad, then it is not a work of expansion or work of compression. It's hard because you…

— Iris Chang

After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic…

— Iris Chang

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out…

— Iris Chang

“The Rape of Nanking did not penetrate the world consciousness in the same manner as the Holocaust or Hiroshima because the victims…

— Iris Chang

Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't…

— Iris Chang