To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human.

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

I knew I was Chinese, but growing up, it never occurred to me that that had any particular implication or that it should differentiate me in any way. I thought it was a minor detail, like having red hair.

We are all prisoners of our time and place.

Time flies when you’re being stupid.

I now know that to do a worthwhile family history I must interpret the past without falling into either demonizing or unquestioning acceptance. . . . As a playwright, what I object to right now is any form of fundamentalism, whether it's nationalistic, religious or ethnic. . . . I think it is ridiculous - and fundamentalist, by the way - to say that I am not changed by the culture around me.

Tonight, I've finally learned to tell fantasy from reality. And, knowing the difference, I choose fantasy.