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.
Amy TanMy mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.
Amy TanThat is the saddest part when you lose someone you love - that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost? Maybe you lost more maybe less, then thousand different things that come from your memory or imagination - and you do not know which is which, which was true, which is false.
Amy Tan