Amy Tan Quotes

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye. - Amy Tan

That was a wonderful period in my life. I mean, I didn't become an artist, but somebody let me do something I loved. What a luxury, to do something you love to do. - Amy Tan

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.' - Amy Tan

Saving Fish From Drowning. - Amy Tan

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

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. ... For the first time in her life, she's happy. - Amy Tan

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant. - Amy Tan

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day job and my spare time were sort of taken care of. - Amy Tan

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten. - Amy Tan

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day. - Amy Tan

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