I think that through the narratives of other people you get closer to your own.

If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer.

I don't approach my writing or my work from an academic or analytical point of view. I do it for myself.

I think every writer has their waves of inspiration and their ways of doing things. But writing is very difficult for me. It's something I haven't practiced as diligently as my visual art. I've been doing visual art because I think it's easier for me to construct, whereas words are very difficult.

It's hard to choose the right word, the right line. This Body Mystery is a small book, but it took me over ten years.

I've been coming to Cambodia off and on, six months of the year usually.

All throughout my work, even in the United States, I have worked with the greater Cambodian community.