Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?...Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.

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

Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after theyre dead.

Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?...Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.

Yellow Face marks my summation of multiculturalism.

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

I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.