Even though I'm not privileged in the money world, I'm privileged in other ways: I had greater access to education, I can travel, etc. It's the same with writing: the freedom to move in and out of different places, of different realms of existence, of different life forms.

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.

How am I placing myself in the world of other people around me? For me, I feel that I am not really alone, that others can feel it too. I see art in this way.

It's hard to choose the right word, the right line. This Body Mystery is a small book, but it took me over ten years.

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

In Cambodian culture the male figure in the family is important; when you lose your husband you lose your economic ability to survive.

I am a community social psychologist and a lot of my work deals with social work and helping people overcoming addiction and trauma.