Growing up, I fluctuated between wanting to modify my looks and embracing them. — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
Memory warps and stretches and shifts to fit the strictures of your life. — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
When I was in the second grade, I learned that I looked different from my classmates. — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
Regret is something I wanted to write a lot about because once you make a decision, regret doesn't do anything except linger inside you. — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
By the time I was a teen, I was an expert at scanning people's faces, always in search of eyes like mine. I devoured… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
As a Korean American, I grew up yearning to see actors that looked like me. On the rare occasions I saw an Asian celebrity,… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
I'm not writing necessarily for an audience. I think about the audience at the end, once I have a complete book. But, when I'm… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
As a major feature film with Asian Americans in leading roles, 'Crazy Rich Asians' is important. We hope that this movie will be our… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
When I was almost two years old, my grandmother flew from Hongcheon, South Korea, to Flushing, Queens, to take care of me. — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
For me, writing is something that I need to do. If I'm not writing, I'm not happy. — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
When I heard that Hollywood was going to make Kevin Kwan's novel 'Crazy Rich Asians' into a movie, I was so ecstatic I nearly… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
Words have power, and especially in the realm of beauty, how we speak about ourselves is important. — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's unique, but I know many Korean American people of my generation who want to know about their grandparents' lives… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
