Crystal Hana Kim

Memory warps and stretches and shifts to fit the strictures of your life.

— Crystal Hana Kim

When I was in the second grade, I learned that I looked different from my classmates.

— Crystal Hana Kim

Regret is something I wanted to write a lot about because once you make a decision, regret doesn't do anything except linger…

— Crystal Hana Kim

By the time I was a teen, I was an expert at scanning people's faces, always in search of eyes like mine.…

— Crystal Hana Kim

As a Korean American, I grew up yearning to see actors that looked like me. On the rare occasions I saw an…

— Crystal Hana Kim

I'm not writing necessarily for an audience. I think about the audience at the end, once I have a complete book. But,…

— Crystal Hana Kim

As a major feature film with Asian Americans in leading roles, 'Crazy Rich Asians' is important. We hope that this movie will…

— Crystal Hana Kim

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

For me, writing is something that I need to do. If I'm not writing, I'm not happy.

— Crystal Hana Kim

When I heard that Hollywood was going to make Kevin Kwan's novel 'Crazy Rich Asians' into a movie, I was so ecstatic…

— Crystal Hana Kim

Words have power, and especially in the realm of beauty, how we speak about ourselves is important.

— Crystal Hana Kim

I don't know if it's unique, but I know many Korean American people of my generation who want to know about their…

— Crystal Hana Kim

Summer in Seoul is full of thick heat that clings to your neck, the back of your knees.

— Crystal Hana Kim

It's so important for us to write complex, realistic women because that's what we are.

— Crystal Hana Kim

Growing up, I fluctuated between wanting to modify my looks and embracing them.

— Crystal Hana Kim

I came from a practical family. The idea of being a writer seemed impossible to me.

— Crystal Hana Kim

My grandmother lived under Japanese colonial rule until she was nine. Korea, still united and whole, was colonized in 1910. During this…

— Crystal Hana Kim

My grandmother raised me when I was little. I was born here, and my parents are immigrants; they needed someone to help…

— Crystal Hana Kim

I love books where you can fall in love with the character. And when I say fall in love, I don't mean…

— Crystal Hana Kim