Being Quote by Ken Liu

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

There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock.

— Fred Tomaselli

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

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

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

Does people not asking me about Asian American literature mean they don't see it as its own literary tradition? I certainly believe in it…

— Hanya Yanagihara

As much as I love learning about other cultures, I also love to share my culture, our culture as Chinese, as Asians to the…

— Jackson Wang

Chinese Americans, when you try to understand what things in you are Chinese, how do you separate what is peculiar to childhood, to poverty,…

— Maxine Hong Kingston

I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.

— Martin Yan

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

— Patrick Chan

As an American writer, the literary tradition that I draw on the most is the Anglo-American one, and when you are writing in this…

— Ken Liu

I'm very much involved with Asian art and its theory and practice, mainly Chinese because that was quite sophisticated. I tend to look at…

— Brice Marden