Gene Luen Yang Quotes

I got these big coffee table books about Chinese opera from the local library, and I loved looking through them. I loved studying the intricate costumes and figuring out how to 'cartoonify' them.

Gene Luen Yang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: August 9, 1973

Topics

CoffeeLookingLibraryLovedTable

Granger & Co - hits the spot for brunch every single time.

Meghan Markle

TimeSingleEverySpotHits

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.

Robert Mondavi

FootballExcelAnythingMarblesElse

Faith is caused by an encounter with something very real but which has extraordinary qualities which intimate the divine; the belief is due to an encounter which specially mirrors some divine quality.

Robert Nozick

FaithQualityMirrorsBeliefReal

What was it about Carolyn that made her so cautious about revealing herself?

Michael Bergin

HerHerselfCautiousMadeAbout

If you live in a democracy, it's very tiring to be always surrounded by great and high abstract generalisations which are, in fact, the most banal and naive cliches dug out of second-rate movements of the late 19th century.

John Ralston Saul

LiveGreatDemocracyYouLateNaive

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.

Stephen Gardiner

FurnitureStoneExtraordinarySingle

I didn't have any idea what I wanted to be when I grew up.

Tom Sturridge

UpIdeaWantedAnyGrew

My grandfather was a persuasive man who made friends with people at every level of influence. In order to fight against our tribe's termination, he went to newspapers and politicians and urged them to advocate for our tribe in Washington. He also supported his family through the Depression as a truck farmer.

Louise Erdrich

FamilyDepressionManFightPeople

I'm under no illusions about the importance of my work. But if it has any worth, it is that it truly reflects the Brazilian people.

Jorge Amado

WorkPeopleWorthWorth ItIllusions

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.

Winston Churchill

MenSocietySpeakLongMindsEndure

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

Pearl S. Buck

GreatMomentMistakeHalfwaySplit

I don't know anything about cars. I can promise you that.

Shaquille O'Neal

YouI CanKnowAnythingPromise

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Gene Luen Yang