Age Quote by Jenny Zhang

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

My cultural experiences were as important to my formation as many of the other things that happened to me.

— Edward Hirsch

I was born in April of 1966, on the eve of the Cultural Revolution. Soon after, my parents and grandparents all lost personal freedom…

— Li Lu

To go back to my childhood, I experienced lots of different family cultures, all the while feeling like none of them were mine.

— Lily King

Learning of my father's passing at age 55 not only shattered the world, far from home, that had become my reality, but catapulted my…

— Tim Cope

I sometimes fee like the spirit of the past resurrected... After all, didn't cultural studies emerge somewhere at that moment when I first met…

— Stuart Hall

My own family went through its own difficulties in the Cultural Revolution, perhaps in a milder form than many other people.

— Liu Cixin

I've seen a lot and experienced so many different cultures, and that's helped me a lot in my career and helped me mature as…

— Luol Deng

My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out…

— Umberto Eco

I grew up with all cultures in the world.

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was…

— Ang Lee

Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy…

— Tess Gerritsen