Gene Luen Yang Quotes

The thing about research is that there's no end. You constantly have this fear that an expert who knows more than you will call you out on some detail in your book.

Gene Luen Yang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Husbands and wives fight, and when the wife is packing up, the husband says, 'Don't leave! I'm gonna change!' Marriages stay together because people promise to change.

Jerry Della Femina

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I do come from a very close family. And I'm fascinated, in particular, with family relationships and the relationships that we all form with friends who feel as close, if not closer, than family.

John Corey Whaley

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I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a bit of thigh.

Maurice Gibb

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If somebody would've told me that I was going to lose my legs at the age of 19, I would've thought there's absolutely no way I'd be able to handle that. But then it happened, and I realized that there's so much more to live for, that my life isn't about my legs.

Amy Purdy

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I wasted years worrying about what other people thought.

Amy Waldman

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Writing about our gods in English is unnatural, but I believe language is just a carrier - a means to an end.

Amish Tripathi

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When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights.

Rube Goldberg

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Apparently, the prerequisite to being a gay public figure is to appear on the cover of a magazine with the caption 'I am gay'. I apologize for not doing so if this is what was expected!

Jonathan Knight

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I think the season I had playing as a kid against men in Reunion toughened me up a lot and taught me how to cope with hits.

Dimitri Payet

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Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.

Christopher Guest

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The House of Lords says I'm not a member of it. My passport says I am - get used to it.

Christopher Monckton

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One of the beautiful things about podcasting is that I'm not beholding to some public entity.

Bryan Callen

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