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Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang
Chinese Writer
Born: Aug 9, 1973
About Comics First Me Think You
Related authors: Ayn Rand Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Niccolo Machiavelli Thomas Mann Thomas Paine Voltaire
When I looked into the lives of the Chinese saints, I discovered that many of them had died during the Boxer Rebellion, a war that occurred on Chinese soil in the year 1900. Gene Luen Yang
War Rebellion Soil Year Had Looked Boxer Occurred Saints Discovered Died Chinese Them Many Lives
I work at a high school, and we have an anime and manga club. Gene Luen Yang
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I finished 'American Born Chinese' in 2005, so after that, I started actively researching the Boxer Rebellion. Gene Luen Yang
Rebellion Finished Born Boxer American After Chinese Researching Actively Started
To be able to write 'Superman,' to be able to work with the legendary artist who is John Romita Jr., I signed on as soon as I could. Gene Luen Yang
Work Superman Signed John Able Could Write Soon Legendary Artist Who
I think a lot of the things in my life that I become most passionate about, and most excited about, are all from comics. Gene Luen Yang
Life My Life Become Think About Excited Most Comics Passionate Lot Things
In traditional Asian arts, the word and the picture always sit next to each other. I have an aunt, a Chinese brush painter, who told me that when you do a Chinese brush painting, you have to pair the image up with some poetry. Gene Luen Yang
Me You Word Picture Sit Painting Other Some Brush Poetry Always Traditional Aunt Up Arts Chinese Asian Next Who Painter Each Pair Image
I kind of just write what I like to write. I'm thankful that readers of different ages seem to connect to my stories. I don't consciously think about age demographics when I'm working on my comics. Gene Luen Yang
Thankful Age Think Kind About Seem Write Like Readers Demographics Comics Just Different Different Ages Stories Ages Working Connect
I love hearing people who are smarter than me talk about my comics. It makes me feel smarter. Gene Luen Yang
Love Me People About Feel Smarter Talk Makes Comics Hearing Than Who
When I was growing up, I did go to the arcade. We had a neighborhood arcade, and my friends and I would go fairly regularly. Gene Luen Yang
Neighborhood Would Arcade Had Fairly Go Up Friends Did Regularly Growing Growing Up
When 'American Born Chinese' started getting a lot of attention, I freaked out a little bit because I realized that up until then I had just been doing comics by following my gut. I didn't really know much about plot structure or anything; I kind of just followed my gut. Gene Luen Yang
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I was a superhero fan in the '90s, so I'm definitely familiar with John Romita, Jr. In fact, when I was in high school, I would go to local conventions and line up and get his signature. Gene Luen Yang
School Local Definitely Signature High Would John High School Superhero Fact Go Line His Up Familiar Get In Fact Fan Conventions
Like all of us, I don't think Facebook is 100% evil, but there are aspects of it that move towards evilness. It's true of all the major Silicon Valley companies, that there are aspects to all of them that move towards evilness, but I don't believe they're 100% evil. Gene Luen Yang
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I think every time you work with another collaborator, there's an adjustment process where you figure out the other person's strengths, and that has definitely happened for me. Gene Luen Yang
Work Time Me You Every Think Other Every Time Collaborator Definitely Out Adjustment Another Person Where Happened Process Figure Strengths
We're afraid of writing characters different from ourselves because we're afraid of getting it wrong. We're afraid of what the Internet might say. Gene Luen Yang
Writing Internet Say Ourselves Characters Wrong Because Getting Afraid Different Might
We have to allow ourselves the freedom to make mistakes, including cultural mistakes, in our first drafts. I believe it's okay to get cultural details wrong in your first draft. It's okay if stereotypes emerge. It just means that your experience is limited, that you're human. Gene Luen Yang
Freedom You Experience First Mistakes Believe Our Okay Ourselves Details Emerge Allow Wrong Stereotypes Make Limited Cultural Get Human Just Means Your Including Draft Drafts
Writing for myself and writing for another artist are two very different experiences. When I handle both the story and the art, I have full control. I can endlessly tweak every word and every line. Gene Luen Yang
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I noticed that when my daughter was born, my son really, really liked her. But then as she started getting older, and as she started crawling around our house and touching different things that were his, sibling rivalry issues started appearing. Gene Luen Yang
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I would hope that maybe math teachers could use 'Prime Baby' as a way of establishing an emotional connection between students and numbers. Gene Luen Yang
Hope Baby Way Would Could Emotional Students Between Prime Math Maybe Establishing Use Teachers Connection Numbers
It's a big deal to reveal your friend's deepest truth, your friend's deepest secret. And for all of us, when we do these big things, there's a complexity of motivation that comes behind that decision. Gene Luen Yang
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When I work on my own stuff - and I think this is true for anybody - but when you work on something that you just completely own, you are trying to stay as true to your own storytelling voice as you can. Gene Luen Yang
Work You Own Think Stay Something My Own Voice True Stuff Trying Just Anybody Storytelling Your
When you work on a pre-existing character, when you end up getting invited to be part of a legacy character like Superman, I don't feel like it would be true to the character if all I did was go in looking to express my own voice. Gene Luen Yang
Work Character You Be True Superman Looking Own Would Would-Be My Own Voice Part True Feel Invited Like Go End Up Legacy Did Getting Express
Going from idea to production is a huge hurdle. It took me a while to overcome it. It's basically all about self discipline, right? Gene Luen Yang
Me Overcome Discipline Took Hurdle About Self Idea Self-Discipline Huge Going While Production Right Basically
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