Fantasy Quote by Ken Liu

Fantasy stories have almost always been very white and European-focused, and we wanted to tell a story that would feel both more modern and…

— Aaron Ehasz

A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and…

— Stan Sakai

Specificity is what makes good storytelling, and good storytelling is what makes money, and making money is then what encourages new producers to invest…

— Constance Wu

As long as I'm making something from my voice, from my perspective there will be Asian American content because I am the storyteller.

— Lulu Wang

I wanted to try to create characters that happen to be Asian but who are pretty different from those we generally see in our…

— Adrian Tomine

I have to also get into producing if I want to see these stories being made... Let's venture out and do projects with people…

— Letitia Wright

There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock.

— Fred Tomaselli

'Crazy Rich Asians' may be fiction, but given the situation I grew up in, I've had an unparalleled view into the very real world…

— Kevin Kwan

The way that China has been described in Western narratives makes it hard to tell a story that will escape the stereotypes and allow…

— Ken Liu

“These stories are important to me, not because they happen to be about South Asians, but because they’re circling around a certain strain of…

— Tania James

I just want to tell stories that are meaningful and have inspiration to them; people can watch it and take away something or maybe…

— Dee Rees

I want to inspire Asian kids to become more artistic and creative rather than feeling that they have to be academic or whatever.

— Ross Butler