Memory feeds imagination.

While it is good to speak well, it is better to speak the truth.

Libraries are the pride of the city.

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.

I was punched breathless by the strongest emotions I have ever felt and they are now stored in my intuition as a writer.

I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese.

External success has to do with people who may see me as a model, or an example, or a representative. As much as I may dislike or want to reject that responsibility, this is something that comes with public success. It's important to give others a sense of hope that it is possible and you can come from really different places in the world and find your own place in the world that's unique for yourself.