Amy Tan
Amy Tan
Amy Tanis an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese-American experience. Her best-known work is The Joy Luck Club, which has been translated into 25 languages. In 1993, the book was adapted into a commercially successful film...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 February 1952
CityOakland, CA
CountryUnited States of America
mom daughter mother
Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.
loses
I did not lose myself all at once.
letting-go dream people
People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind.
secret wish want
What is a secret wish?" "It is what you want but cannot ask.
hope expectations soul
Hope is the adrenalin of the soul.
sorrow tears too-much
too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow.
fate clothes
Fate changes when you change your clothes.
daughter eye knowing
When my daughter looks at me, she sees a small old lady. That is because she sees only with her outside eyes. She has no chuming, no inside knowing of things. If she had chuming she would see a tiger lady. And she would have careful fear.
magic worst knows
I always thought it mattered, to know what is the worst possible thing that can happen to you, to know how you can avoid it, to not be drawn by the magic of the unspeakable.
guilt magnet
I've always been a magnet for guilt.
passion differences time-passes
Over time, passion wanes, differences don't.
understanding firsts remember
I can never remember things I didn't understand in the first place.
successful thinking people
There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right path.
struggle men ifs
Words are more ardent if a man must struggle to find them.