Top 21 Quotes by Lisa See

About Lisa See

These are some quotes by American author Lisa See Writer, who was born on February 18, 1955.

My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics.

My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics.

Lisa See

And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age.

And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age.

Lisa See

But there are certain books I would never put on a Kindle because you want to be able to look at graphs and photos or the footnotes and maps. You can't see that.

But there are certain books I would never put on a Kindle because you want to be able to look at graphs and photos or the footnotes and maps. You can't see that.

Lisa See

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

Lisa See

Nu shu means women's writing. And it was a secret writing system that was invented by women, used by women and kept a secret by women in one very remote county in China for a thousand years. It's the only language that was invented and used by women to have been found anywhere in the world.

Lisa See

A book is one kind of an art form and a film is a different art form. I think as a writer you just have to say, well the book is one thing, and the film is a completely different one.

A book is one kind of an art form and a film is a different art form. I think as a writer you just have to say, well the book is one thing, and the film is a completely different one.

Lisa See

People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other.

People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other.

Lisa See

And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age.

And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age.

Lisa See

I think sometimes as an adult, you take people for what they do, and what they are now, instead of the whole picture of their lives.

I think sometimes as an adult, you take people for what they do, and what they are now, instead of the whole picture of their lives.

Lisa See

Opera tells stories through the pure emotion of music. An exhibition has to tell a story purely visually. I've tried to incorporate both of those things - pure emotion and being more visual - into my writing.

Lisa See

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