I'm not such a public person.

My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian.

There is a secret hippie within me.

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person.

I try to always have flowers in the house. I have a florist in Chinatown, and they deliver orchids every two weeks. I like living with living things.

I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California.

When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way.