I go to Shenzhen, China, and am taken to a vast luxury spa with a hundred leather recliners and a hundred accompanying plasma screen televisions bolted to the ceiling. Kevin Kwan accompanyboltceil Change image and share on social
The characters that populate my books are global nomads in their own right, keeping multiple homes around the world and constantly jet-setting to new places. Kevin Kwan bookcharacterconstantly Change image and share on social
The China Rich seem to be spending on a scale that's just beyond anything we've ever seen before. They are building and buying an insane amount of luxury residences around the world, commissioning huge flying palaces from Boeing, and paying ridiculous amounts for art. Kevin Kwan amountartboe share on social
It used to be, on TV, you'd see only two types of Asians. You'd see the science geek who's using his mobile phone or something like that, or you'd see a very token Asian family - yuppie mother and father and two little Asian kids. It's the last barrier for Hollywood. Kevin Kwan asianbarrierfamily share on social
My books are comedies; I want to take my readers on a jet-setting romp, make them laugh, make them swoon at the beautiful settings, and maybe even make their mouths water at all the food. Kevin Kwan beautifulbookcomedy Change image and share on social
I spent the first 12 years of my life growing up in Singapore. Back then, in the early '80s, it was still a tropical island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula striving to shine on the world stage. Kevin Kwan 80sbackearly Change image and share on social
It would have been amazing to have been a student at Oxford during that golden moment in the 1910s, rubbing elbows with the likes of Aldous Huxley and T.E. Lawrence, before World War I shattered everything forever. Kevin Kwan 1910saldousamaze share on social
Even if they're not Asian or super rich... everyone has a nagging mother. Everyone has that obnoxious uncle, or that cousin who's a bit too snobby. Kevin Kwan asianbitecousin Change image and share on social
There are old-money Asians that would never be caught dead with a Chanel handbag or sporting anything that has a label it. Kevin Kwan asiancatchchanel Change image and share on social
If I were to generalize a bit, I would say that the ultra rich in Asia live on a scale that far surpasses the wealthy in the U.S. or Europe. Kevin Kwan asiabiteeurope Change image and share on social