The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.

The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.

My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.

You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.

I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.