“The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.”

“Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication.”

“When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family.”

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me...”

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”

“So many books, so little time.”

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”