About Quote by Ron Silver

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.

— Ma Jian

If you look at ancient Chinese culture, and depictions of it, the relationship between people and nature was very different. It almost felt as…

— Jia Zhangke

Even though Chinese society was really closed, there were two windows for me to explore the world. One was from my mother and grandmother,…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It was really…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I felt I should have been taught about the landmine problem. It made me suddenly realize certain things about the world and how much…

— Angelina Jolie

I found it stimulating to study the sciences. It was a side of understanding the universe that I hadn't been exposed to.

— Jane Siberry

The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I think it's true. I would never choose a subject for…

— Diane Arbus

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Once I was in New York, I completely had no interest for a long time in what happened in China because I had been…

— Ai Weiwei

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

— Edward Hirsch

Chinese people of my parents' generation who lived through the Cultural Revolution knew so much of death at such a young age, and the…

— Jenny Zhang

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