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My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.

I was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong the year I was five.

We watched a lot of Hong Kong action movies in my house when I was growing up.

English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.

When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic.

At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant.

I want to clear this once and for all. I was born in Hong Kong. I grew up in Japan and China. London is not home for me. I was there only for three years before I moved to India, but that's probably why I am connected with it. London is definitely not the place I consider my home. It's India that I consider home.