Bruce Lee Words of the Dragon: Interviews and Conversations 1958-1973

by Bruce Lee, John Little (Editor)

Words of the Dragon is an anthology of newspaper and magazine interviews from 1958 to 1973 revealing Bruce Lee's own fascinating words and explanations about Bruce himself, his art and philosophy.

Interesting and insightful, Words of the Dragon provides the reader a means to understand the real Bruce Lee, offering us a unique keyhole through which to view the private life and personal struggles of the late martial arts superstar. These interviews provide us with Lee's own interpretations of life, the martial arts, international stardom, and his cross-cultural marriage during a time of racism.

This Bruce Lee book is part of the Bruce Lee Library which also features:

160 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2008

About the author

Bruce Lee was an American-born martial artist, philosopher, instructor, martial arts actor and the founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts system, widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century and a cultural icon. He was the father of actor Brandon Lee and of actress Shannon Lee.

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Words of the Dragon assembles various print articles and interviews from martial artist / actor Bruce Lee's regrettably brief career. (In only two weeks it will have been forty-five years since his abrupt passing.) What was particularly interesting was the editor's footnote section that ended each chapter -- too many times the various journalists provided incorrect information or details about Lee's background. It was almost sort of funny that the same mistakes were made over and over again.

What was also nice, though, was Lee's noticeable and repeated admiration for his wife and two children. However, it was also bittersweet knowing that his son would later suffer a tragic death.

[Simon F. Melinte · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's a compilation of interviews from Bruce Lee 's life and also there's added correction with real facts of every article.
Good to understand this man who is still notorious even nowadays.

[David Costo puerta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tenía ganas de lecturas de Bruce Lee, me queda el de sus pensamientos, esté son entrevistas, con muchos momentos curiosos para entender mejor su imagen.
Puede que lo que más me llamó la atención no fueron sus palabras propiamente dichas, sino la visión del mundo a través de sus palabras.

[ManOfLaBook.com · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bruce Lee Words of the Dragon: Interviews and Conversations 1958-1973 edited by John Little is a non-fiction book consisting of articles published about the movie star throughout his career.

I have always enjoyed martial arts movies, I still remember as a kid waiting for the Sunday afternoon martial arts Chinese movie, their staple being badly dubbed and full of action. These movies later got their own homage with the now classic 2002 movie Kung Pow: Enter the Fist.

Every once in a while, a Bruce Lee movie would be shown on those lazy Sunday afternoons, a cause for celebration indeed. At the time, I had no idea why they don’t show more Bruce Lee movies, of course now I know better.

The book is a collection of articles, most are written to accommodate the readership of movie magazines and for PR purposes. The way many are written and structured, I have to think they are translated. Many of the articles rehash the same information (after all, Bruce Lee’s career was fruitful, but short), but it seemed all the writers fell to the charming movie star. In the interviews, Mr. Lee shares some of his philosophies about life and work.

The strength of this book, I felt, was in the interesting footnotes the editor provided at the end of each chapter. The footnotes shed more light and context on the bland articles, and include many interesting anecdotes themselves.

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