More From Amy Tan
- "I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house."
- "It’s both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success."
- "I think I’ve always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success."
More In Respect
- "The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations."― Lakhdar Brahimi
- "My dad’s a scratch golfer and I’ve got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two."― Rory McIlroy
- "Bad acting comes in many bags, various odors. It can be performed by cardboard refugees from an Ed Wood movie, reciting their dialogue off an eye chart, or by hopped-up pros looking to punch a hole through the fourth wall from pure ballistic force of personality, like Joe Pesci in a bad mood. I can respect bad acting that owns its own style."― James Wolcott