Amy Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships.
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression. Use this quote
I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable. Use this quote
I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic. Use this quote
It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success. Use this quote
