Jenny Han Quotes

Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly. It's disappearing. My mom is the only one who still writes me letters. And there's something visceral about opening a letter - I see her on the page. I see her in her handwriting.

When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me - and when I am alone I think of them.

The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. It has a unique scent. It requires deciphering. But, most important, it's flawed.

Someone who was a part of my life. Probably the only one that really mattered.

People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

I have always been a letter writer, and I found when my numbers got over half a million, I couldn't think about how many people there were out there. I had to think as if I were writing a letter to my brothers and sisters, to my good friends with whom I have had a correspondence since I could hold a pen.

If you ask me to describe my relationship, I mean - words are too clumsy to accurately describe how I feel in that regard, particularly in an interview. It's a strange thing.

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.

Television is intensely personal.

Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.

I couldn't care less about sex unless I meet someone who I think is wonderful.

I like to see people's eyes when I'm singing to them.

My relationship and the bond with the people in Montreal was kind of special and doesn't happen very often.

When I sing, I pick out people in the audience and pinpoint on them. So if you feel that I am singing just for you, you may be right!

I remember times when I was at shows and the person onstage locked eyes with me. And in that moment, everything was right with the world. I think that's part of my job, to create these thousands of moments every night. And for the rest of their life, they can say, 'You guys looked at me,' or 'You sweated on me,' or 'I got your gum.'

A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that's nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship.

I think if a personal connection seems far off, I have to work and find a way to bring it closer to me, or I don't feel grounded.

The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying.

Writing has always had that tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.

Can we ever really know anyone well? Let's just say we often found ourselves in each other's company and neither of us minded.

When I first met Kate I knew there was something very special about her. I knew there was possibly something that I wanted to explore there. We ended up being friends for a while and that just sort of was a good foundation. Because I do generally believe now that being friends with one another is a massive advantage. And It just went from there.

All I needed to do was sing with conviction, speaking my truth from the heart, honestly and straightforwardly, and to offer my words, ideas and music to the audience as if it were one collective friend that I'd known for a very long time.

Once you develop a comfort level with someone, that translates on camera.

I have the capability to have a close relationship with someone.

The emotion of a song's lyrics has always been what grabs me deeply.