In Cambodian culture the male figure in the family is important; when you lose your husband you lose your economic ability to survive.

It's really hard when you read literature in a language that's not your own. There are all these cultural references you have to be born into that particular language to get.

For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people.

Sometimes the mere connection we make with each other can change people's lives. It doesn't have to be something big. The mere fact that you're interested in them makes them happy.

I think every person has a unique story to tell and we each have the different life events that happen to us and sometimes we may feel sympathetic toward a certain aspect of that life event.

It's hard to choose the right word, the right line. This Body Mystery is a small book, but it took me over ten years.

I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous thoughts.

I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals.

Art is really about how you capture different things you see around you and bring them into forms and words and shapes and meaning.

You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art].

This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work.

In life things get complicated, but it works out eventuallyIt always does

We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their very lives.

When people write to me with stories, they are never ones that work for me. There's something mysterious about which ones catch you.

When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.

It's better to be happy and comfortable than well dressed.

I lose things all the time. I used to lose my license all the time before I put a place in my car for it.

If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like.

Revile those who flatter you.

I don't believe in karma.

There are things you can never take, no matter how strong you are.