I don't believe in sampling some Tibetan music just to make it sound groovy, but you do your homework, you understand what you're doing with it.

I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.

Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer.

Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.

Writers and scholars have emerged in recent times (some familiar, some new) to continue to challenge the notion of a literature that encompasses the world - and reaffirms our existence in it. It is a multicultural vision that embraces and includes our shrinking universe; it is a multicultural vision that the white man fears and a vision that the rest of us can celebrate.

I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City.