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Vanessa Hua
4 quotes
“I think often, especially with immigrant narratives, or narratives from marginalized communities, there is room for only one narrative or that there’s only stereotypes or statistics. A River of Stars does kind of show that we do have different histories, dreams, flaws, and ambitions, and I hope people are able to really see the fullness of the humanity of each character, whether they’re major or minor.”
Vanessa Hua (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the American dream is still what gets us out of bed every day, that life can be better…”
Vanessa Hua (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Characters, even though they’re minor, shouldn’t be a device. No person should be a device to move the plot along. That’s when you run into problems with stereotypes. I strive, in my journalism and my fiction, to make characters as complex and complicated as they are in real life…”
Vanessa Hua (born 1975) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how she writes characters in “Motherhood and Migration: An Interview with Vanessa Hua on ‘A River of Stars’” in Los Angeles Review of Books (September 13, 2018)
“Fiction fosters empathy among readers by putting them in a position to consider deeply someone’s history, hopes, and ambitions…”
Vanessa Hua (born 1975) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how fiction might differ from her journalist works in “Motherhood and Migration: An Interview with Vanessa Hua on ‘A River of Stars’” in Los Angeles Review of Books (September 13, 2018)