Kevin Kwan Quotes
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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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Warner Bros. is just this amazing historic studio that does great movies.
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Writers often say that characters begin to write themselves, and I never used to believe that. I always thought that was complete hogwash.
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My books are comedies; I want to take my readers on a jet-setting romp, make them laugh, make them swoon at the beautiful settings, and maybe even make their mouths water at all the food.
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Such huge money has been made in China - it can be hundreds of millions in a year - and there's a need to validate it by showing what they can buy and how much of it.
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I moved to New York and went to art school at Parsons School of Design. Became a photographer. Became a creative consultant.
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It's not normal to go into a house and see a pond in the middle of the living room full of baby sharks. It's not normal to go to someone's garage and see a private plane.
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One of the dreams on my wish list is to spend more time in Thailand.
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Even if they're not Asian or super rich... everyone has a nagging mother. Everyone has that obnoxious uncle, or that cousin who's a bit too snobby.
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Certainly, living in the U.S., as I have for over two decades, you see how Asians are portrayed in the media... I didn't see myself represented, you know, when I used to look at ads on TV.
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I've lived in New York City for over twenty years now, and every single day is like a new adventure. At this point, there are many places I'd love to visit, but I can't imagine living anywhere else on the planet.
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There are old-money Asians that would never be caught dead with a Chanel handbag or sporting anything that has a label it.
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It would have been amazing to have been a student at Oxford during that golden moment in the 1910s, rubbing elbows with the likes of Aldous Huxley and T.E. Lawrence, before World War I shattered everything forever.
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I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese.