No one like crying, but tears water our souls. So, perhaps my thanks should be to allow you to cry for the Chinese women in my books.

The more you read, the more you want to know, and so the more questions you have.

The way we understand both our present and our future depends on what we have lived through.

No one likes crying, but tears water our souls.

Writing can be a source of strength-Wang Liang

Writing is a kind of repository and can help create a space for the accommodation of new thoughts and feelings. If you don't write these stories down, your heart will be filled up and broken by them.

Just as books are read one word at a time, roads are taken one step at a time.

She spent the first half of her life alone. For the second half, she longed for a man of dignity to rescue her.

Lighter is the wound foreseen.

You are the chief bucket filler, and the best way to fill buckets is with excellent communication.

I hate to admit it, but you can't do a role unless it's somewhere in your psyche. People don't realize how vast the subconscious is. It's like infinity.

The wise with hope support the pains of life.

Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war.

I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.

Don't let your dreams escape / The future's ours to shape

I like Stella [McCartney] a lot - she's a very open and warm person. I don't particularly want to know about her background.

I'm a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust - you adopt it from being a New Yorker.