Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

I loved school. I studied like crazy. I was a Class A nerd.

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.

Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.

Math, it's a puzzle to me. I love figuring out puzzles.