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

This is the ultimate cruelty, isn't it? That I can talk and talk and to anyone listening, it's only air--too rich a diet to be swallowed by a mundane world.

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.

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

Yellow Face marks my summation of multiculturalism.

Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I hate myself, but always I miss you

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