When I was 12 or 13 I already knew that I was gay. And then my interests were not conventional. So I was very different, in every sense of the word. And in an all-boys school, that's tough.

I love a little bit of glamour and I love tall girls.

It's nice to be able to be whoever you want to be. I moved to New York for that reason. I think I am a very good example of how you really can do whatever you want to do without having any kind of prerequisite experience of any of kind of connection. None of my family members came from this world.

My parents loved me, and I think they realized that I was probably not going to have a normal 9-to-5 job. For the longest time, my dad thought that I was just going to be home until I was, like, 35, which, weirdly, is completely normal in Asian families.

When I was growing up, you sort of did the unthinkable. You did something that has never really been replicated.

My cats are really sassy and sophisticated, but most importantly, they are picky.

We all want to be a little glamorous, a little playful and a little mischievous at times.