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.

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

For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people.

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

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

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

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