Maxine Hong Kingston

Hunger also changes the world - when eating can't be a habit, then neither can seeing.

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions.

The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.