You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like this because it will impress that critic.' Amy Tan criticgoodgosh Change image and share on social
I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was. Amy Tan badlymakememory Change image and share on social
My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day. Amy Tan ageclingyday Change image and share on social
I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer. Amy Tan drawhourluxury Change image and share on social
I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from. Amy Tan callfindgrateful Change image and share on social
In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you. Amy Tan americacircumstance Change image and share on social
I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the art of something. And writing was very private. Amy Tan aestheticartcraft Change image and share on social
It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success. Amy Tan attackconformityrebellion Change image and share on social
I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house. Amy Tan bookdayfamily Change image and share on social
There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right path. Amy Tan carefullotneed Change image and share on social