206 Quotes by Kevin Kwan

My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.

I wanted to introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience.

I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well.

Asian literature is evolving with the people. It's always a reflection on what's happening to the culture at large.

I have a photographic memory.

Hollywood is a whole other level of crazy. I've never met so many assistants who have assistants. It's a stratified society on its own.

'Crazy Rich Asians' may be fiction, but given the situation I grew up in, I've had an unparalleled view into the very real world it depicts.

I was born in Singapore, and I lived there until I was 12. I had a very fortunate upbringing.

In Asia, it's customary to get together with your entire extended family on a regular basis, and it's all rife with politics.