I grew up in a household where there were really, really strong matriarchal characters. I think that's true of many Asian households.… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
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
I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after he finished medical school… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
There's so much emphasis on the economic might of China, of Southeast Asia, Asian 'Super Tigers' and things like that. But nobody… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
To me, families are fascinating. I choose to explore it through comedy and through comic situations. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I came from a family of extremely old money, and so by the time I was born, there was really just a… — 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… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
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
