A lot of my work is process-oriented. I delve into my work and sit alone in silence and work with the material and process it, like talking to yourself.

I started to paint in the year 2000. I never thought of going to an art school, even though I loved art.

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

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.

Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to survive and live.

I liked museums but I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to go into performing arts, or be a writer.

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