Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston's works are novels, whereas mine is an autobiographical history of three generations, reflecting on the transformations of China in the 20th century. If there are great stories in my book, it is not because I am a gifted writer but because Chinese people's lives are full of stories.
譚恩美、湯婷婷寫得是小說，我的則是自傳式的三代經歷，反映中國廿世紀的變遷；我的書故事性很強，並不是我有生花妙筆，而是因為中國人的生活本來就充滿了豐富的故事。