Asian Quote by Gene Luen Yang

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.

— Amy Tan

The American culture is pursue your own happiness, follow your dreams. The Chinese side is sacrifice everything for your family; it's all about the…

— Jon M. Chu

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

— Justin Lin

When you arrive in China nowadays, one of the first things you note is the emphasis placed on you, a non-Chinese person, being an…

— Howard W. French

As a child, I didn't even realize I was Chinese. I was Singaporean, but my identity was wrapped up in the culture I was…

— Kevin Kwan

In some ways I consider myself more Chinese, because I live in San Francisco, which is becoming a predominantly Asian city. I avoid falling…

— Richard Rodriguez

I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national…

— Ai Weiwei

“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

China was the first time I truly felt like an outsider. I fell in love with the process of trying to become intimate with…

— Abigail Washburn

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

“That's not how you eat hot pot! That's some new-age Taiwanese thing. In Beijing, you don't mis the sauces." "Son, I'll say this the…

— Eddie Huang

Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.

— Patrick Chan