“Some people are just self-motivated - my husband was. I also believe t...” — Amy Chua Quote

“Some people are just self-motivated - my husband was. I also believe there are many children for whom parental involvement is key.”

“It may be the optimist in me, but I think America has a uniquely powerful and capacious glue internally. The American identity has always been ethnically and religiously neutral, so within one generation you have Italian-Americans, Irish-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Jamaican-Americans - they feel American. It's a huge success story.”

“The Chinese model calls for giving your kids very little choice - and I've come to see that you can go too far with that. On the other hand, I also believe that Western parents sometimes give their young kids too much choice.”

“As newlyweds, my husband and I struggled for three years to get pregnant.”

“I had spent so long trying to be the perfect husband.”

“I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work.”