Amy Tan
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Over the eight years it took to write The Valley of Amazement, there were major distractions: Multiple visits to a Dong minority village in the most remote province in China to write a story for National Geographic. Writing libretto for the opera The Bonesetter's Daughter. Building an all-accessible house. And there was a major detour when I discovered a photograph, which then turned the novel upside down and led me to start over.
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People often ask me about creativity. I think it's an unanswerable question. But I was compelled to answer it when I was invited to give a talk at TED and they set the topic. I actually dislike this talk. It's the first draft of something that could have been much better. But a lot of people have told me they enjoyed it. The people at TED said it's played to over a million viewers on its various channels. Too late to take it back.