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You Quotes by Amy Tan
- That was a wonderful period in my life. I mean, I didn't become an artist, but somebody let me do something I loved. What a…
- I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever…
- You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation.…
- God, life changes faster than you think.
- Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation…
- In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.
- It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.
- I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what's comfortable and routine, and…
- It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.
- You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like…
- I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability…
- If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
- She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent…
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