If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.

Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.

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

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

I also wanted remembering the past relevant to the present. Some people wanted me to put the names in alphabetical order. I wanted them in chronological order so that a veteran could find his time within the panel. It's like a thread of life.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.