#si

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression. ↗

— Amy Tan

#enough #expression #freedom #freedom of expression #had

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like this because it will impress that critic.' ↗

— Amy Tan

#critic #get #good #gosh #i

In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#electrical #engineering #entered #faculty #i

I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success. ↗

— Amy Tan

#always #been #brother #deaths #failure

The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#basically #beatles #blues #inspired #rhythm

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer. ↗

— Amy Tan

#draw #hours #i #i do #just

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.' ↗

— Amy Tan

#anything #boy #commission #dumb #fine

However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#engineer #excitement #face #following #however

From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#even #face #father #had #i

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#practical #renowned #studies #technology #tradition