I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.
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I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese.
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You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like this because it will impress that critic.'
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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.
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Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.
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Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with
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