Memory feeds imagination.

Quote by Amy Tan

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My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time...

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time...

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...

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only...

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only...

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 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...

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

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

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...

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading...

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading...

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...

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 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 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 didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

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...

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should...

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should...

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from...

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from...

Make each day your masterpiece.

Make each day your masterpiece.

People Change. Love Hurts. Everything Changed. But remember that life goes on...

People Change. Love Hurts. Everything Changed. But remember that life goes on...