Growing up in America, I experienced two puberties. The first opened me up to the possibilities of adulthood. The second reinforced that… — Jenny Zhang Adulthood Copy Share Image
I went to school in California, at Stanford when I was seventeen, and I lived in San Francisco until I was twenty-three,… — Jenny Zhang California Copy Share Image
In my mind, scatological writing is a core of the English canon. — Jenny Zhang Canon Copy Share Image
The 'New York Times' is not reviewing books by non-white people. — Jenny Zhang Books Copy Share Image
The reader who likes my stories, I think they would see the violence on the surface, but I think they would also… — Jenny Zhang Books Copy Share Image
With nonfiction, I had to learn how to be a clear communicator, but it was also a relief to be able to… — Jenny Zhang Asking questions Copy Share Image
“Another scar that faded enough to be just another mark we carried.” — Jenny Zhang Scars Copy Share Image
I think Lena Dunham, the public figure, is - I hate the word 'brand,' but I'm going to use it - it's… — Jenny Zhang Hate Copy Share Image
One of the founding tenets of racism: a society that will never allow white people to think that because they are white,… — Jenny Zhang Never Copy Share Image
I lived so completely in my mind - a place of unchecked delusion and complete fantasy! — Jenny Zhang Delusion Copy Share Image
As I got older, I realised that people saw me as other things - sometimes Korean, sometimes Japanese, sometimes just Asian. When… — Jenny Zhang Family Copy Share Image
I don't think I can ever write about young kids anymore. I completely shot my wad there. — Jenny Zhang About Copy Share Image
My mother had two unshakable beliefs that she tried to drill into me. The first was that I had to study and… — Jenny Zhang Dreams Copy Share Image
While I was growing up in Flushing, Queens, we socialized exclusively with other Chinese immigrants. I was forbidden to make contact with… — Jenny Zhang Fine Copy Share Image
I really had to develop a core. I had to figure out, at my core as a writer, what did I value?… — Jenny Zhang Figure Copy Share Image
The historical legacy of 'The Best American Poetry' is they've had very few editors who were not white. They've had very few… — Jenny Zhang American Copy Share Image
“These kids have death wishes. It's always the ones born with the right to live who want to die. These people have… — Jenny Zhang Death Copy Share Image
Once I decided I was happy with something, I'd try to send it off into the world, and either someone would want… — Jenny Zhang Happy Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in what is seen as obscene or profane or unfit. — Jenny Zhang Always Copy Share Image
Our culture is bloodthirsty for stories about women in pain; we hunger for women to expose their traumas and to be rescued… — Jenny Zhang Culture Copy Share Image
The year my mom worked as a secretary at an apparel company in midtown, she would often come home in tears because… — Jenny Zhang Business Copy Share Image
Growing up, I had a face that people wanted to tell things to, and I grew up with adults who had so… — Jenny Zhang Chaos Copy Share Image
From its very inception, Lenny Letter set out to create a supportive, positive, inclusive space on the Internet that does not shy… — Jenny Zhang Create Copy Share Image
“It wasn't fair I had to be me for as long as I lived while other people got to be other people.” — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
I wish I had acted better. I wish I had been the kind of sister who was patient enough to show my… — Jenny Zhang Better Copy Share Image
