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There are lots of stories about my culture that I think bring a whole other perspective to who we are and where we have been and how we got here that I think need to be done.

I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.

I try to be as honest as I possibly can about the contradictions within my own heart and thereby get to something 'true' and revealing and important about contemporary American culture and human nature.

On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.

People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.

I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be an inspiration, to show people what can be done.

In my own writing, I tend to be very honest, and my goal is to identify something people think but are afraid to say. That's not the general cultural expectation of women.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

I love new places, new people, new ideas. I love cultural differences, and I'm fascinated by the truth - all the different versions of it.

I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.