“There’s a common misperception that speculative fiction is less serious, meaningful, and ‘literary’, and, in my few years of writing, I’ve certainly experienced a divide between mainstream and speculative writing worlds. This still doesn’t make sense to me.”
Read More“To me, [Jaedon’s] experience reflected the state of surreal existence where you belong and un-belong at the same time.”
Read More“I’d like more TV shows about Asian women dealing with surreal situations, and as there are not too many of these in the world, I thought I’d make one myself.”
Read More“It feels like we are still living through an intense period of struggle over what the world will look like in the future.”
Read More“If you’re writing your memoir or non-fiction and you’re emerging in the story as a perfect person surrounded by assholes, I strongly suggest you re-draft.”
Read More“There’s a phenomenon that when a brown woman creates work that is analytical and innovative, she may be seen to be stepping beyond her perceived limit.”
Read More“I think our relationship has so evolved that our friendship, our sisterhood, is much larger than our working relationship. I consider Tiff my family.”
Read More“We discussed how people assume that because you are published that you don’t experience ‘no’s’ anymore. I think ups and downs are the nature of this profession.”
Read More“I guess that younger writers can read my work and may be influenced by it, if only to find that my work gives them encouragement to experiment, to sound original, and not be afraid to be ‘difficult’.”
Read More“Being a ‘first-generation migrant’ and trying to break into the literary industry is especially hard as most new migrants have to focus on building a new life in a new country.”
Read More“I was born to do this show. It was conceived when I was conceived.”
Read More“As food culture is especially vibrant in Japan, continuing to cook and eat Japanese food was my way of remaining connected to my culture, especially once I’d been sent to England and my parents had moved to Hong Kong.”
Read More“What counts as scientific knowledge and why? Who is given authority in these important knowledge-making communities and who isn’t? And what is the role of science and technology in actively constituting categories like gender, race, ability, class, and nation?”
Read More“Look, my stuff is usually quite absurd, or conceptual, or playing with a persona, and it may not be very commercial in some ways, but I guess at this point I am demanding the right to just fucking do it.”
Read More“These are turbulent times and we need writing that is brazen and audacious. This is not a time for shyness or for settling into comfortable forms.”
Read More“I built the world I was seeing and angered by. I built the world I still believe we can improve.”
Read More“I always introduce myself to the spirit of places that I am working in and make my intentions known, especially if it is a place that is removed from urban environments or is abundant in trees, rocks and wildlife.”
Read More“I think there is power and catharsis in being reflected, rather than defined. Even if the experience is not directly your own, but something recognisable, this can open up the language to imagine or think of yourself in a way you did not before.”
Read More“When I hear the album I think of an alien choir of school girls or femmes who are communicating the best they can to Earth, using voice processors and autotune to try to relate to a foreign space.”
Read More“[…] Protest and karaoke have a dynamic where the participant’s role can change between being an onlooker to a performer, or not. Whether active, passive or actively-passive, in karaoke-speak, you are part of a scene. The nature or character of a scene depends on its composition of participant, site and what is being performed.”
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