My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.

I probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that.

To fly we have to have resistance.

An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.

I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world.

OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.

It is better to avoid the temptation than get entangled in the sin.

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.

The only pressure I ever feel is the pressure I put on myself... I'm over it. Now I go out there and I enjoy what I do.

The death of young musicians isn’t something to romanticize.

I don't mind wearing a corset; it informs your posture, changes the way you move, you can't slouch.

Being a Christian is more like having your soul possessed by a spirit than having your mind clothed with new beliefs... It is like being haunted by the Holy Ghost.

Since God created the world, He also created reality.

I’m single, I’m enjoying life. Being a boss. Like all true bosses, one day you gotta give it up.

I am a storyteller from a personal viewpoint. When I run out of people I invent ghosts. I don't believe in ghosts. Never saw one.