For me, writing became a way of processing not just my own experiences, but the experiences of other people, and their pain.
I wanted to go to Harvard because it felt like it would be the Hogwarts Academy of law schools.
America is built on the labors of the oppressed.
I think the thing that will endure about Westworld will be the questions it poses.
There are no coincidences in 'Westworld.'
I feel like there is just never a good time for taking a chance and following your dreams - whatever those dreams are.
I've tried to always be incredibly overprepared in everything that I've done.
The biggest thing my parents gave me was this feeling of, not 'dream big,' but strive big.
The humanities are not something that get you a pension and health insurance.
Don't just sit there dreaming; dreaming is the luxury of the rich.
We can understand both our nature and our nurture, but understanding is only the first step.
I would say that, between us, I tend to be a little bit more philosophically optimistic. Jonah, I think he sees things as more finite.
I personally am not so obsessed about immortality for myself. The human body has been designed that way, obsolescence is OK.
I love the idea of the literary salons in France where artists and writers would all come and talk and drink absinthe.
It's important to have people who will question you occasionally.
You see in moments of duress not only the darkest parts of human nature but also the brightest, the most noble.
But I'm the child of a tiger mom.
I represent opportunities for other women and other people of color, and I'm trying to start my own kind of movement.
I was actually born a robot, so 'Westworld' is just autobiographical.
Even though I grew up in America, at home we spoke mostly Chinese, because my mom is from Taiwan.
We subverted the entire premise of 'Westworld' in that our sympathies are meant to be with the robots, the hosts.
The sensibility I brought to directing was similar to what I bring when I write.
I see my work behind the camera as the actualization of a poem. I like to linger on images, conveying things through stillness.
We drive a Tesla.
Feeling trapped in identity isn't just the purview of women and minorities.
I try not to look at press. However, I have a mother, who will gladly tell me what's going on out there.
And nowadays, the idea of AI is not really science fiction anymore - it's just science fact.
Audiences are just like us as writers - we grow attached to characters. In certain ways you don't want them to change.
I log on and there are so many cookies embedded in my computer - it's like they know what I need before I do.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think it would really be possible.
