sometimes you have to travel the world to see what's right in front of you

"I had been wondering about taking part in a student theatre project about being Asian American, and I said to Tommy, "The thing is, I don't feel as thought I've really lived the...Asian American experience." (Whatever I thought that was.)

Tommy kind of looked at me. And he said, "But, Claire, you ARE Asian American. So whatever experience you have lived, THAT is the Asian American experience."

I have never forgotten that."

- Claire Huang Kinsley, "Questions People Have Asked Me. Questions I Have Asked Myself."