It's a matter of whether you see the self as fundamentally in relationship to other selves or not - whether you see the boundary between self and the world as relatively permeable, which makes you "interdependent" (collectivist) in outlook, or relatively impermeable, which makes you "independent" (individualistic).
That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples ha… - Gish Jen
That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples ha…
- Gish Jen
It's human to hear stories and to know how people live and to imagine how that is for them. It's very interdependent! - Gish Jen
It's human to hear stories and to know how people live and to imagine how that is for them. It's very interdependent!
I like to listen. I'm much more interested in listening than in speaking, for sure. - Gish Jen
I like to listen. I'm much more interested in listening than in speaking, for sure.
I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male. - Gish Jen
I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male.
A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so. - Gish Jen
A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.
When I think about why I would be a writer, why I should continue to be a writer, it seems to me one of the few things you can dowhere you're never b… - Gish Jen
When I think about why I would be a writer, why I should continue to be a writer, it seems to me one of the few things you can dowhere you're never b…
Anything is possible. A man is what he makes up his mind to be. - Gish Jen
Anything is possible. A man is what he makes up his mind to be.
I'm trying to give people an idea of what black looks like and what white looks like before I introduce them to gray. - Gish Jen
I'm trying to give people an idea of what black looks like and what white looks like before I introduce them to gray.
Whatever I do in life, I'm almost always aware that there's another way to do it. - Gish Jen
Whatever I do in life, I'm almost always aware that there's another way to do it.
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