God, life changes faster than you think.

Quote by Amy Tan

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I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

Memory feeds imagination.

Memory feeds imagination.

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call...

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call...

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You...

I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You...

I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who...

I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who...

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I...

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I...

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom...

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom...

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while....

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while....

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another...

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another...

That was a wonderful period in my life. I mean, I didn't become an artist,...

That was a wonderful period in my life. I mean, I didn't become an artist,...

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a...

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a...

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the...

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the...

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not...

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not...

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.'...

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.'...

I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't...

I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't...