I think there are things I can't write in English that I wish I could write in Khmer.

When I hear Khmer poets, when they recite their poems, I know what they're talking about, I get it right away.

Sometimes it may be something I hear in the news that affects me.

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.

This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work.

I'm very connected to the story, the history, and the trauma people experience.

I think there are things I can't write in English that I wish I could write in Khmer.