Quotes about "Social Media & Online Culture"

If I could edit Google Images, then I wouldn't be as scared of the Internet. ”

The media loves negative spin. ”

The most important thing is I am trying to bring classic rock into pop culture, so I don't think anything is going to look like vintage or old-school. ”

I just grew up in the States, so I feel like I identify more with the American culture. ”

I'm so used to America, used to the traffic in L.A., and I don't really feel it click with the Korean culture. But obviously, I have a Korean face, and I feel like that's just - you know, I can't walk around people like I'm, like, straight-up American. It's like, I'm Korean American. My parents are from Korea. ”

America is a country formed by diverse communities from different countries. Overall, the country is very hospitable and gives opportunities to grow. Saying that, I'd also say I'm not a 'white' immigrant; a South Asian's experience is different than, say, a European immigrant's. ”

I'm a very senses-oriented person, and I want to bring readers in on the level of the senses, so they can experience another culture and another place. ”

I interviewed a lot of people in India, and I asked my mother to send me a lot of Bengali books on the tradition of dream interpretation. It's a real way for me to remember how people think about things in my culture. ”

India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books. ”

I have a variety of readers from across the diasporic community, not just from South Asia. I like to write large stories that include all of us - about common and cohesive experiences which bring together many immigrants, their culture shocks, transformations, concepts of home and self in a new land. ”