I Have To Finish This Book Tour

Its A Wonderful Thing To See A Segment Of Our Population That Is Open And Eager To Learn More About Chinese Culture. It Has Filtered Into The Mainstream. You See Credit-card Ads On Tv With White Couples And Chinese Babies.

When You Believe You Have A Future, You Think In Terms Of Generations And Years. When You Do Not, You Live Not Just By The Day — But By The Minute.

After Working As A Journalist I Went To A Writing Program At Johns Hopkins. It Was Interesting Because It Was Neither Journalistic Nor Historical, But It Emphasized Writing Style, And Afterwards I Was Asked To Write My First Book.

The Spoken Word Vanished With The Wind. Likewise, The Unrecorded Life Disappears As If It Never Existed.

Your First Duty As A Writer Is To Write To Please Yourself. And You Have No Duty Towards Anyone Else.