"In terms of being an Asian American writer, I'm mixed race. I think there are issues about being racially mixed that …"

"My father's Japanese and my mother's half Spanish, half Cuban, but I grew up in a household where we spoke English. I…"

"Making art, any art, you are in some way trying to imitate life, and the ways in which that succeeds or fails is fasc…"

"Music is my first love. Ever since I was a little girl I've dreamt of one day being lucky enough to share my music wi…"

"Lyrics to me are of utmost importance and they mean so much to me — in every song that I write, the lyrics have to co…"

"I've dedicated myself to ensuring that every word that I say, everything I write, every role that I play … I know tha…"

"All these hundreds of years, from the days of the oldest poetry collections, there have been poems about cherry bloss…"

"Every worm to his taste; Some prefer to eat nettles."

"You are being very demanding indeed. Where, I wonder, will we find the woman to satisfy you? You really should have s…"

"Children retain a great deal, and when they grow up they start going over things and rejudging them from a grownup’s …"