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.

To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways.

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.