“A fishing boat! All these rich kids who grew up with everything just want to live like they are poor. How is… — Kevin Kwan Money Copy Share Image
“People are messy. Life gets messy. Things are not always going to work out perfectly just because you want them to.” — Kevin Kwan Life Copy Share Image
Warner Bros. is just this amazing historic studio that does great movies. — Kevin Kwan Amazing Copy Share Image
To me, families are fascinating. I choose to explore it through comedy and through comic situations. — Kevin Kwan Choose Copy Share Image
I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well. — Kevin Kwan Being Copy Share Image
My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living. — Kevin Kwan Children Copy Share Image
They say truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, but there's such a thing as believability when you're writing a novel. — Kevin Kwan Believability Copy Share Image
If I were to generalize a bit, I would say that the ultra rich in Asia live on a scale that far… — Kevin Kwan Europe 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… — Kevin Kwan Afternoon tea Copy Share Image
“Nick shook his head. “It amazes me that there’s still such a huge stigma about mental illness here.” “ ‘Stigma’ implies that something… — Kevin Kwan Illness Copy Share Image
A lot of the people who live the lives of 'Crazy Rich Asians' don't see the humour of their lives simply because… — Kevin Kwan Asian Copy Share Image
When my first novel, 'Crazy Rich Asians,' was published in 2013, many readers were astonished to learn that in Asia, there were… — Kevin Kwan Books Copy Share Image
I wanted to explore what all this new-found wealth means for the different generations of Chinese who have to live together in… — Kevin Kwan China Copy Share Image
I moved to New York and went to art school at Parsons School of Design. Became a photographer. Became a creative consultant. — Kevin Kwan Art 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… — Kevin Kwan Asian 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.… — Kevin Kwan Experience 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… — Kevin Kwan Fear Copy Share Image
I have pictures of my grandmother from the 1920s and '30s in avant-garde dresses that looked like they could have come from… — Kevin Kwan Clothes Copy Share Image
“My parents have always been racist and elitist to the extreme, like so many in their crowd. Peel away the veneer of… — Kevin Kwan Elitist Copy Share Image
“Peel away the veneer of wealth and sophistication and you’ll find extremely provincial, narrow-minded people. The problem is that they all have… — Kevin Kwan Geniuses Copy Share Image
Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough… — Kevin Kwan Couture Copy Share Image
“You have two hours to get everyone to Hong Kong airport or I’m leaving without you! My special friend is doing us… — Kevin Kwan Bad service Copy Share Image
The most important thing to keep in mind is the incredible diversity of talent that's out there - there are so many… — Kevin Kwan Asian Copy Share Image
“You see, my father believed he had a gift. He felt that he was able to ascertain a person's entire future based… — Kevin Kwan Father Copy Share Image
I really don't keep an outline; I don't organize in any way. I just write. — Kevin Kwan Just Copy Share Image
I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese. — Kevin Kwan Chinese Copy Share Image
I love Netflix and Amazon and watching movies on streamers as much as the next person. — Kevin Kwan I love 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 Cool Copy Share Image
I'm not revealing any deep, hidden secret that there are wealthy people in Asia. — Kevin Kwan Asia 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… — Kevin Kwan Accent Copy Share Image
“Tourists should have to take a style exam before being allowed to set foot on the island!” — Kevin Kwan Tourists Copy Share Image
