We are all prisoners of our time and place.

The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman can’t think for herself

I visited a new cultural center in Shanghai in 2005 that was pretty much perfect, except for the really badly translated Chinglish signs: a handicapped restroom that said Deformed Mans Toilet, that kind of thing.

There's a reason why the form was originally silent

I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.

It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about

Yellow Face marks my summation of multiculturalism.