Amy Tan

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.Amy Tan

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic.Amy Tan

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

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

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from.Amy Tan

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.Amy Tan

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.Amy Tan

Amy Tan is a famous American author, who was born on December 28, 1931. As a person born on this date, Amy Tan is listed in our database as the 37th most popular celebrity for the day (December 28) and the 62nd most popular for the year (1931).

People born on December 28 fall under the Zodiac sign of Capricorn, the Sea Goat. Amy Tan is the 988th most popular Capricorn.

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