Humans Quote by Gish Jen

A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.

— Gish Jen

I like to listen. I'm much more interested in listening than in speaking, for sure.

— Gish Jen

I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule.

— Gish Jen

It's a matter of whether you see the self as fundamentally in relationship to other selves or not - whether you see the boundary…

— Gish Jen

For students who are in the most creative group in America to somehow be presumed to be narrow is just completely meshugga.

— Gish Jen

There's nothing about interdependence that would keep somebody from making art.

— Gish Jen

“To have no particular aim was to open grand possibilities...”

— Gish Jen

Anything is possible. A man is what he makes up his mind to be.

— Gish Jen

Chinese language tends to be quick, economical. To know what people are saying, you always need to know what the context is.

— Gish Jen

Many women tend toward the interdependent end of things, we tend to see ourselves in relationship to others to a far greater degree than…

— Gish Jen

The independents are the ones who tend to commit suicide. I'm not against this way of being in the world. Individuals have brought us…

— Gish Jen

“In truth, he had always considered the sight of men eating croissants slightly ridiculous, especially at the beginning, when for the first bite they…

— Gish Jen