My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions. Maya Lin Read Quote
Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn’t predicate what you might do next. Maya Lin Read Quote
It’s only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like. Maya Lin Read Quote
Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn’t occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice. Maya Lin Read Quote
When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they’ be censored. We were a very insular little family. Maya Lin Read Quote
You couldn’t put me in a social group setting. I’m probably a terrible anarchist deep down. Maya Lin Read Quote
Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn’t have that complication. Maya Lin Read Quote
I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up. Maya Lin Read Quote
