Gene Luen Yang Quotes

When I first started making comics, I was living with a bunch of guys, old college friends. We had this deal. At the end of each day, they would ask me how far I'd gotten on my comic. And if I hadn't made my goals, they were supposed to make me feel really bad about myself. They happily obliged.

Gene Luen Yang

Quotes to Explore

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

Salvador Dali
- Society
- Respect
- Talent
It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.

Yani Tseng
- Up
- You
- Down
I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.

Carla Hall
- Time
- Know
- New
I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

Taylor Swift
I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.

Hamza Yusuf
- Think
- See
- Reflect
The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles.

Barry Commoner
- Free
- Source
- Major