God, life changes faster than you think.

Quote by Amy Tan

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I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

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...

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also...

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also...

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...

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 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...

Memory feeds imagination.

Memory feeds imagination.

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.

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...

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

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...

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and...

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and...

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case,...

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case,...

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...

It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the...

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the...

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

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

People dont want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....

People dont want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

A wasted life is one that is dedicated to material things and self. A rewarding...

A wasted life is one that is dedicated to material things and self. A rewarding...

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...