Gene Luen Yang Quotes

For 'Boxers & Saints,' I started by reading a couple of articles on the Internet, then writing a really rough outline, then getting more hardcore into the research. I went to a university library once a week for a year, year and a half.

Gene Luen Yang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ResearchWritingReadingLibrary

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.

Robert Louis Stevenson

GreatManI AmProudToysTell

There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.

Stephen Malkmus

DownSoundPointLikeShouldAlbum

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.

Stephen Breyer

FightPeoplePrisonHelpInnocent

It's important that people are open. Some people say, 'I'm going to be a doctor,' and they're a really good doctor. But for the rest of us, it's a big question mark. Just giving yourself a break, letting yourself try new things, and when something doesn't work out, moving along... it's all we can really do.

Sophia Amoruso

WorkGoodNew ThingsYourselfPeople

Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.

Sol LeWitt

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I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

Tracy Chapman

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Over tens and hundreds of thousands of years, we evolved to find certain things stimulating, and as very intelligent, civilized beings, we're enormously stimulated by problem solving and learning.

Tom Chatfield

LearningProblemFindIntelligent

I like to act. I guess letting what you love be what you do is key. I've worked very hard for that to be the case, probably because I'm very lazy and I only want to do things that are fun and I run away from anything that feels like work... Acting for me is like lunch at school... you're just in a playground where you get to pretend and play.

Dichen Lachman

WorkLoveSchoolFunMeLunch

Donald Trump is the greatest deal maker in the history of our country.

Corey Lewandowski

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I loved and protected my own children like a fierce mama bear, but one of them died anyway. It was a dark day when I realized that part of my responsibility in Casey's death was that I did not love all the children of the world in that same real, not abstract, way.

Cindy Sheehan

LoveChildrenResponsibilityDayWay

The best people to listen to are those who have already been successful accomplishing exactly what you are seeking to accomplish.

Brian Koslow

BestPeopleYouAccomplishListen

I think I'm a little superstitious.

Boots Riley

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