I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all.

I wish I had a talking book that told me how to act and look, a talking book that contained keys to past and present memories

Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, that's what the Statue of Bigotry says. Your poor huddled masses, let's just club them to death, and get it over with.

I've found that from my point of view, the Chen style contained many things that I knew on a fairly superficial level from Eagle Claw, and that had Chen elements of what seemed to me the soft in Eagle Claw.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

But I found tai chi when I was studying with Leung Shum, who teaches Eagle Claw and Wu Hao.

When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble.