Art is really about how you capture different things you see around you and bring them into forms and words and shapes and meaning.

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

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

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.

You get closer to your own humanity by understanding the stories of other people and the struggles they have.

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

I thought of the pillowcases as a symbol of love and loss, of retaining the memory of your loved one.