Last Night at the Forum
“What you’re seeing with companies that provide us movies and TV shows is the organizational layer of Big Fun under attack.” -Mele
Last Night at the Forum
“I printed my sons sandals on a 3-D printer. I might do that for them forever, and they might grow up thinking that’s how one gets sandals.” -Mele
Last Night at the Forum
“A parent near a public park in Arlington set up a PayPal account and gathered donations to reconstruct it. But shouldn’t the government take care of that?” -Mele
Last Night at the Forum
“Payment methods like Level Up might eclipse credit card companies.” -Mele
Last Night at the Forum
“The sharing model — Hubway, ZipCar — is quickly outpacing older institutions that rely on full purchase.” -Mele
Last Night at the Forum
“Your smartphone can do more than the first computer in the 1970s that filled a whole room.” -Mele
Last Night at the Forum
“I’m so glad to read your stories. My parents don’t want to talk about their suffering.” -Second-generation Chinese-American audience member
Last Night at the Forum
“I was so surprised when I finally saw the American proletariat. They weren’t in rags — they were better dressed than us. And they were fat! We thought we were saving you!” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“When Mao died, did you celebrate?” -Audience member
“No, we pretend-cried.” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“It’s not the hardship that I fear, it’s the permanence.” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“To what do you attribute your survival?” -Armbruster
“The American Dream for me was getting citizenship, and being allowed to compete.” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“You wrote that American youth suffer from a lack of deprivation.” -Armbruster
“Some writers have a weak muscle because their lives are so sweet. As a writer, I couldn’t have asked for better material [than my life].” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“What kept me going was that I had no way out. And I wanted to prove myself.” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“You watched Sesame Street to learn English?” -Armbruster
“Yes. I was 27.” -Min
“I’ve watched Everybody Loves Raymond since I was nine.” -Audience member with perfect English
Last Night at the Forum
“In my best moments, I felt like I was writing [my book in] Chinese. English to me is like music.” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“For immigrants, it’s a crushing loneliness that tears your soul apart. You feel sick and ill and madness. It’s a sense of hopelessness and shame. But you struggle on for your family at home.” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“If you’re desperate enough, you could learn Chinese in three months.” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“With The Cooked Seed, I didn’t have to research. The hardest thing was overcoming this built-in, Chinese woman’s shame.” -Min
Last Night at the Forum
“Will the social media leaders collectively prepare for potential trouble at Boston’s 4th of July celebrations?” -Audience question
“We haven’t ever thought about collaborating.” -Gaffin, Quinn
“Lucky for BPD, that’s the state’s jurisdiction.” -Fiandaca
Last Night at the Forum
“This was the world’s first-ever terrorist attack within the world of social media.” -Perham
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