I think every writer has their waves of inspiration and their ways of doing things. But writing is very difficult for me.… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I have some advantages of viewing from the two lenses, the two perspectives. I think that a lot of visual artists who… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I write and I write and a lot of times I go back to the American lens, though sometimes it's a struggle… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I liked museums but I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to go into performing arts, or be a writer. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
Even though I'm not privileged in the money world, I'm privileged in other ways: I had greater access to education, I can… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
Sometimes I fantasize about learning to write in Khmer. Because if I could write in Khmer, my perspective would be very different,… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I think there are things I can't write in English that I wish I could write in Khmer. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I have a great advantage: I write from the perspective of my own voice. I'm not copying anyone's voice. It's my voice.… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I don't approach my writing or my work from an academic or analytical point of view. I do it for myself. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
When I was in the sixth grade my friend and I always won writing contests, and we read a lot of books.… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
Art is really about how you capture different things you see around you and bring them into forms and words and shapes and meaning. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
When you make art, those things change shape into something else. It's transformation into a body of different visual elements. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to survive and… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I think every writer has their waves of inspiration and their ways of doing things. But writing is very difficult for me. It's something… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
Whether I affect one person or an entire family, or even a group of people, I feel like I have resources and education and… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more that I… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I have some advantages of viewing from the two lenses, the two perspectives. I think that a lot of visual artists who come back… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art]. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
