Jennifer Lee Quotes

Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.

Some books that I've read on the Kindle, I've been like, 'I want that on my shelf.' Because it says, 'I'm the kind of person who has read this.' The kind of books that says, 'I'm serious and intellectual and historical and race-conscious.'

So, fortune cookies: invented by the Japanese, popularized by the Chinese, but ultimately consumed by Americans. They are more American than anything else.

Headline writing is tough because often times you are given a predetermined number of spaces and words depending on the layout and the type of the story.

You know, search has never been a strong suit of Facebook.

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.

The worst headline is one that contains a factual error. Bad headlines are ones that are bland, and don't tell the reader anything specific, like 'Democrats at it Again.'

When you are free from self-doubt, you fail better. You accept criticism and listen.

The Chinese use every spare bit of an animal: cow lungs, pig ears, chicken feet, duck blood.

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese.

Loneliness is something we [all people] go through. We go through mourning and longing. We make some bad choices sometimes because we're desperate for something, and that's okay. That's part of life.

People often think that reporters write their own headlines. In fact, they almost never do. The people who do write headlines are the copy editors who are the front and last lines of quality-checking in a newspaper before it goes to print.

Headline writing is an art form.

If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine.

Chinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans.

For most of our young lives, my family was baffled by elementary school bake sales, to which we were told to bring in goodies to sell. While other kids arrived bearing brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and apple pies, Chinese families didn't bake.

I am obsessed with Chinese restaurants. Like many Americans, I first discovered them in my childhood.

We might be shifting away from a Eurocentric view of the United States into something that's much more multicultural, multinational, and Chinese food is just one slice of that.

Truth is, people like buying things for $0.99 and $1.99 for their digital devices. We know that from iTunes. We know that from the app store, and now we know that from publishing.

When I signed up for Google Plus, it recommended 500 people for me to invite. You know, and once I invited those 500 people I got another 500 people. So it has a huge install base that it can start from.

Let your heart beat for music. Don't be a DJ for the wrong reasons, do it because you have a passion for it.

Broccoli is not a Chinese vegetable; in fact, it is originally an Italian vegetable. It was introduced into the United States in the 1800s, but became popularized in the 1920s and the 1930s.

When I signed up for Google Plus, my reaction after playing around with it for a little bit was like, 'Huh, I think Facebook should be scared.' In part, because it's a really elegant product. It's very fast.