“When I hear Khmer poets, when they recite their poems, I know what they're talking about, I get it right away.” Quote by Chath Piersath
“When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent.” DifferentReadingLanguageDifferent LanguagesFluent Author:Chath Piersath
“If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer.” IfsLanguageBornGreaterEnglish LanguageFluent Author:Chath Piersath
“I have a great advantage: I write from the perspective of my own voice. I'm not copying anyone's voice. It's my voice. I have the advantage of being a writer of English as a second language.” WritingLanguageVoiceMy OwnPerspectiveAdvantageCopying Author:Chath Piersath
“I think there are things I can't write in English that I wish I could write in Khmer.” ThinkingWritingI CanWish Author:Chath Piersath
“Sometimes I fantasize about learning to write in Khmer. Because if I could write in Khmer, my perspective would be very different, because I'm both an outsider and insider and I see the writing in a different way. My description would be different from, say, a local writer.” IfsWayWritingDifferentSometimesWould BePerspectiveLocalsDifferent WaysIf I CouldDescriptionOutsidersInsiders Author:Chath Piersath
“I have some advantages of viewing from the two lenses, the two perspectives. I think that a lot of visual artists who come back here from the United States and are Cambodian also write from their American references - looking inside the old culture, and looking at themselves as an American looking into the country where they were born.” ThinkingWritingTwoCountryStatesArtistCultureBornUnitedUnited StatesPerspectiveAdvantageVisualsLensesVisual ArtVisual ArtistOld Culture Author:Chath Piersath
“I write and I write and a lot of times I go back to the American lens, though sometimes it's a struggle to come from that perspective.” WritingSometimesStrugglePerspectiveLenses Author:Chath Piersath
“Even though I'm not privileged in the money world, I'm privileged in other ways: I had greater access to education, I can travel, etc. It's the same with writing: the freedom to move in and out of different places, of different realms of existence, of different life forms.” WorldWayWritingI CanDifferentMovingFormExistenceGreaterAccessRealmsEtcPrivilegedDifferent PlaceDifferent LifeAccess To Education Author:Chath Piersath
“It's like you're organically developing yourself, moving out, metamorphosing into other forms depending on where you are, what you're doing at the time, how you want to play on things.” WantPlayMovingFormLike YouDevelopingWhere You AreMoving Out Author:Chath Piersath
“I did a lot before [being cast] because I knew how important it would be for playing somebody real, or attempting to - to show the team [the role] was something I would be fascinated to do. I read a couple of biographies and I watched everything I could find [about princess Margaret].” ImportantRealShowsWould BeRolesTeamCoupleCastsFascinatedPrincessBiographiesAttempting Author:Vanessa Kirby