Books Quote by Eric Allin Cornell

“I have taken a different approach. One that I hope is more easily accessible to the reader’s emotional imagination, though less analytically systematic. I…

— Mark Elvin

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because I was…

— Ron Silver

My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique…

— Mo Yan

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

— Manuel Puig

What I realized is that my interest in literature has more deeply structured my practice than I thought.

— Glenn Ligon

I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.

— Philip Emeagwali

I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early…

— Martha Beck

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

I am not an expert on Chinese science fiction. I probably know more than anyone else in the West, but that doesn't actually mean…

— Ken Liu

I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a subconscious interest…

— Eric Bana

I had this vague notion that one day I might be editor of 'Vogue China.' It was a bizarre ambition, as I didn't speak…

— Katie McGrath

I studied French and English literature because I liked it.

— Chris de Burgh