15 quotes
"Swingers are gross, they’re always ugly people. But the idea of sleeping with a married man, she says, that’s so trendy. You are so hip."
Anonymous (2013)
"There was an ounce of mystery in his voice, something secretive, dark, almost as if the proverbial can of worms was about to be smashed open."
Vampires of Portlandia (2020)
"When you’re hiding out in bushes to meet your favorite celebrity, well, that’s just pathetic. When you’re designing an elaborate plan to get laid, that’s just creepy."
Anonymous (2013)
"Families don’t follow tradition as much as they used to. Family is still important, but many of the customs have fallen to the wayside. Some families, though, still hold onto tradition. Good, bad, or ugly."
Vampires of Portlandia (2020)
"The voice of scared shitless reason said, "Oh my God, oh my God! She's got a gun. She's got a gun!""
Drama Dolls (2015)
"Salem was beautiful and historical, but something about being continually reminded of the witch trials didn’t sit well with her. She’d fight a man wielding a machete way before fighting witch hunters."
Vampires of Portlandia (2020)
"I’ve always looked at life through the lens of a non-Filipino."
Yahoo! News Philippines Interview (2020)
"I don’t need to be motivated to write; it’s always there waiting to get out. Published or not."
Write Now Interview (2020)
"Make believe is much more entertaining and enjoyable than real life. More fantastical things can happen in make believe."
Write Now Interview (2020)
"Regular people joined by a common link. Death, it affected all people, all occupations. Accountants, cooks, realtors, secretaries. A support group for all to grieve. Doctors, the unemployed, teenagers. Dying could happen to anyone."
Drama Dolls (2015)
"The stories, they get misconstrued as the facts aren’t really facts and the fictions aren’t really fictions. Sometimes, the people telling the stories aren’t who they appear to be. Sometimes, the voices sound the same and you never really know where they’re coming from. And sometimes, the same person just keeps telling the same story, over and over until he’s sick in the head."
Anonymous (2013)
"People aren’t stupid. They just want to believe in others. They just want to believe that the world isn’t coming to an end. And more importantly, they just want to believe in themselves. They want to believe that they can still trust their fellow human being to do the right thing."
Anonymous (2013)
"Like many American born Asian-Americans, I wanted to assimilate as a child. I wanted to fit in. As I grew older, I realized that instead of fitting in, why not stand out?"
Filipino Daily Inquirer Interview (2020)
"I always wanted to be an author. I thought it was the coolest job. As a child of immigrant parents, it wasn't ever something that they promoted. They always wanted me to do something practical."
United States Army Interview (2016)
"My favorite author is Chuck Palahniuk. I’d never been a big reader, often going long stretches without reading. Then I read Fight Club (novel)."
Esquire Philippines Interview (2020)