"It came mainly from my desire to learn more about the Japanese culture. I've also always been fascinated by social groups who live and work outside the mainstream. So the world of sumo wrestling within the Japanese culture had been an ongoing interest, something I've always wanted to write about. It covered such enticing material and I've always had so many questions I wanted answered…"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Novelists from the United StatesLiterary criticsNon-fiction authors from the United StatesJapanese Americans
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
On what inspired her to write The Street of a Thousand Blossoms in “Interview: September 7, 2007” in Book Reporter (2007 Sept 7)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gail_Tsukiyama
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Gail Tsukiyama
4 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Gail Tsukiyama →
Related Quotes
"Writing chose me…It came out of the need to learn about my heritage."
"I'm as American as apple pie…And yet when Chinese New Year comes along I still have to be very careful about not sayi…"
"A story's narrative demands ebb and flow when so much time is covered. There has to be change in order to create move…"
"Would you end war? Create great Peace."
"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."
"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."
"Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset’s golden and crimson dyes: I look, and…"
"They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free."
"Hadn't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before I was born?"
"Quick as a hummingbird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers—She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly, Dipping…"