Kevin Kwan Quotes

Singaporean - Novelist

One of the dreams on my wish list is to spend more time in Thailand. Kevin Kwan

Dreams, Time, Wish, Thailand, More, List

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

Family, Together, Politics, Get Together

Warner Bros. is just this amazing historic studio that does great movies. Kevin Kwan

Great, Amazing, Movies, Just, Bros, Does

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

Reflection, Culture, People, Literature

No matter our background, we all have crazy families. Kevin Kwan

Crazy, Matter, Background, Our, Families

I grew up with a posh English accent, and all my aunts sounded as if they came out of a Merchant Ivory movie. Kevin Kwan

Up, Out, English, Accent, Merchant, Posh

In Singapore, there may be 50 old-money families, but you wouldn't know them to look at them. Kevin Kwan

Look, You, Know, May, Singapore, Them

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

Born, Lived, Singapore, Fortunate, Very

I'm not revealing any deep, hidden secret that there are wealthy people in Asia. Kevin Kwan

People, Deep, Hidden, Secret, Asia, Any

My grandmother used to get her shoes made in Paris in the '30s, and they would be shipped to her in Singapore. Kevin Kwan

Shoes, Grandmother, Paris, Her, Used

I sort of wanted to reveal this other side of Asia: Southeast Asia, where the Chinese have been wealthy for generations and have different ways of relating to money. I wanted to sort of reveal this world to readers. Kevin Kwan

Money, World, Different, Reveal, Asia

I do believe that peoples' natures can be changed, and they have to be changed if we want to live in this modern world and be a part of it. Kevin Kwan

Live, World, Believe, Want, Modern, Part

To me, families are fascinating. I choose to explore it through comedy and through comic situations. Kevin Kwan

Me, Comedy, Choose, Explore, Through

I've recently rediscovered Anthony Trollope. I used to read him back in college, and a friend turned me on to a whole new series of his work, 'The Palliser Series.' It's a series of seven or eight books. Kevin Kwan

Work, Friend, College, Me, New, Back

There's always been this tradition of satirizing these rich groups of people. Kevin Kwan

People, Rich, Tradition, Always, Been

'China rich' is the new 'crazy rich.' It's a new level of outrageousness. It comes from this world where overnight fortunes have been made, but the fortunes are so ginormous compared to anything we've ever seen in the history of the world. Kevin Kwan

History, World, Crazy, Rich, New, China

If you're the water boiler king of China, you're selling a billion water boilers. Kevin Kwan

Water, King, You, Selling, China

Especially in the West, people want to understand Asia on a deeper level because it's become the engine of the world economy, like it or not. Kevin Kwan

People, World, Want, Understand, Become

The characters that populate my books are global nomads in their own right, keeping multiple homes around the world and constantly jet-setting to new places. Kevin Kwan

World, New, Places, Own, Right, Books

My books are comedies; I want to take my readers on a jet-setting romp, make them laugh, make them swoon at the beautiful settings, and maybe even make their mouths water at all the food. Kevin Kwan

Beautiful, Water, Food, Laugh, Want

If I were to generalize a bit, I would say that the ultra rich in Asia live on a scale that far surpasses the wealthy in the U.S. or Europe. Kevin Kwan

Live, Rich, Say, Scale, Far, Europe

I've lived in New York City for over twenty years now, and every single day is like a new adventure. At this point, there are many places I'd love to visit, but I can't imagine living anywhere else on the planet. Kevin Kwan

Love, Adventure, Day, City, New York

Canada has become such a staging area for Chinese money. Kevin Kwan

Money, Canada, Become, Area, Chinese

Old money in Southeast Asia is much more discrete and low key. It's about not wearing brand names. It's about being invisible, almost. The billionaire can be taking the bus with you. Kevin Kwan

Money, Key, You, Brand, Bus, Invisible

Even if they're not Asian or super rich... everyone has a nagging mother. Everyone has that obnoxious uncle, or that cousin who's a bit too snobby. Kevin Kwan

Mother, Rich, Uncle, Everyone, Asian

People have always been fascinated by the foibles of the wealthy and privileged. Kevin Kwan

People, Always, Been, Privileged

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