Gene Luen Yang Quotes

Any superhero, regardless of how different they are from Superman, recalls Superman in some way. They're either pushing against Superman or reflecting Superman; there's something about them that comes from Superman.

Gene Luen Yang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SupermanWayAgainstSomething

When I turned 25, something changed in me. I see children in my future 100%. Soon. I started thinking I want my kids to look back and say, 'Wasn't Mummy amazing?' I've really started thinking about what I'm leaving for them.

Jessie J

FutureChildrenAmazingMeThinking

Wait a minute, guys, I have always been on your side. I have always spoken for you, always tried to put on a good face for the state of Indiana. All of a sudden, some of you people think I'm a bad guy?

John Mellencamp

GoodPeopleWaitFaceThinkYou

The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20 different parties that divide Congress and the country and can't govern.

Michael Beschloss

AmericaYouCountryCongressSystem

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

Rita Mae Brown

RideMenWorldPlaceSideWould

When I graduated from high school, I weighed 125 pounds because of wrestling. Suddenly, I realized I could eat whatever I wanted - plus, creatine was new at the time. I went from 125 to 175 pounds, working out like crazy. I was yoked. But I wasn't drinking enough fluids and ended up with a kidney stone - and 3 weeks of pure hell.

Mike Vogel

TimeSchoolCrazyHigh SchoolHell

I was an overly young father, is the most polite way of putting it. I think I was rather immature and all I can say is that I think I've made a much better grandfather... I don't think I was ready to be a father to be honest.

Michael Morpurgo

FatherThinkBetterI CanReadySay

If you ask me, 'Are you for or against gay parents?' for example, having kids - it's hard for me to say, 'Yes.'

Juan Pablo Galavis

ParentsMeYouGaySayHard

I think we should all have a responsibility not to affect other people in a negative way.

Ali Hewson

ResponsibilityPeopleNegativeThink

Writing 'Redeployment' shook me in ways I never expected.

Phil Klay

MeWritingNeverExpectedWays

I can't help slightly falling in love with every character I write about. And I quite like writing about people who are vilified.

Peter Morgan

LoveCharacterPeopleWritingHelp

Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments.

Paul Weyrich

LegacyUnderstandConservativeLeave

If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell it.

Thomas Mann

YouFindSmellIdeaEvenEverywhere

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