In Asia, it's customary to get together with your entire extended family on a regular basis, and it's all rife with politics. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I really don't keep an outline; I don't organize in any way. I just write. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a whole other level of crazy. I've never met so many assistants who have assistants. It's a stratified society on its own. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I grew up in a household where there were really, really strong matriarchal characters. I think that's true of many Asian households. People tend… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I'm not revealing any deep, hidden secret that there are wealthy people in Asia. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I grew up with a posh English accent, and all my aunts sounded as if they came out of a Merchant Ivory movie. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I love Netflix and Amazon and watching movies on streamers as much as the next person. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
My golden dream was to move to New York and live in the Village and become that cool rebel beatnik Jack Kerouac. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
“Scientists talk about how we inherit health issues from our parents through our genes, but we also inherit this entire lineage of fear and pain—generations of it. I can acknowledge whenever my mother is reacting out of this fear, but the most powerful thing I've realized is that I'm not responsible for her pain. I won't make her fears mine… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share
I remember I had an aunt that lived in a house that had this beautiful ceramic wall that was entirely a painting of a… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
Living in the West, you see how there's only two versions of how Asian men are supposed to be. Either they're very nice, yuppie… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
