“I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I d...” — Amy Tan Quote

“I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.”

“I have many reasons why I think reading is really important. It provided for me a refuge, especially during difficult times. It provided me with the notion that I could find an ending that was different from what was happening to me at the time.”

“You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable.”

“One always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual.”

“Gerrard is quiet; if he speaks people listen. If he has something to say, it's important and clever. He's a hard worker, disciplined.”

“Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there.”