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

Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it.

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

There are multiple things entering in your mind.

Everything around you can use. It's like your tools and your material. Whether it's in performing arts like dance, or visual arts, or poetry, a lot of those elements can come and help you, can trigger your creativity. But you have to be open, be aware, and you have to be ready to look.

When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent.

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