You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art].

In This Body Mystery, even though it was written in the voice of people with HIV/AIDS, it's about how people come to accept their fate and their sickness. It's about accepting the way your life is.

It's really hard when you read literature in a language that's not your own. There are all these cultural references you have to be born into that particular language to get.

I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals.

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

I'd like to do more collaborations because collaboration creates different viewpoints.