Kevin Kwan Quotes
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My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.
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'Crazy Rich Asians' may be fiction, but given the situation I grew up in, I've had an unparalleled view into the very real world it depicts.
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At least when it comes to food, there's no snobbery in Singapore.
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Especially in the West, people want to understand Asia on a deeper level because it's become the engine of the world economy, like it or not.
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In Asia, it's customary to get together with your entire extended family on a regular basis, and it's all rife with politics.
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A lot of the people who live the lives of 'Crazy Rich Asians' don't see the humour of their lives simply because this is just who they are. Even though I'm from that part of the world, I'm no longer part of that world.
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Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough to wear these precious garments tailored to their exact measurements, making it perhaps the most exclusive club in the world.
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As a child, I could bike down the hill from my house and grab an ice-cold bottle of soda from the neighborhood grocer, which was nothing more than a corrugated metal shack run by two Indian men clad in sarongs.
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I was born in Singapore, and I lived there until I was 12. I had a very fortunate upbringing.
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I grew up with a posh English accent, and all my aunts sounded as if they came out of a Merchant Ivory movie.
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I have a photographic memory.
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I wanted to explore what all this new-found wealth means for the different generations of Chinese who have to live together in this place that is transforming at warp speed into the richest country on the planet.
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My golden dream was to move to New York and live in the Village and become that cool rebel beatnik Jack Kerouac.
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I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after he finished medical school to work there in a hospital. So I went back into my family archives and was able to find out his exact address; it was a street that was in the French Concession.
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I love romantic comedies more than anything.
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People are often disappointed when they meet me because I'm not this giant, flamboyant - you know, I don't wear sequined jackets.
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I'm naturally a shy, quiet person.
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If I were to generalize a bit, I would say that the ultra rich in Asia live on a scale that far surpasses the wealthy in the U.S. or Europe.
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My father went to boarding school in Sydney when he was 14.
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In order for me to write a scene, it's very important for me to see and experience everything with my own eyes, so yes, I was able to visit some remarkable houses and destinations while I was in China.
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Growing up in Singapore, I wasn't allowed to visit China. So when I was finally able to go there after the country began opening up to tourism in the 1990s, I found it to be utterly astounding.
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I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well.
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Warner Bros. is just this amazing historic studio that does great movies.
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I love Netflix and Amazon and watching movies on streamers as much as the next person.