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The American society around me looked at me and saw Japanese. Then, when I was 19, I went to Japan for the first time. And suddenly – what a shock – I realized I wasn’t Japanese; they saw me as American. It was an enormous relief. Now I just appreciate being exactly in the middle.

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I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishing that the reality I was filming would conform to my narrative propriety. But you can’t control it.

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May 27, 2024

I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishing that the reality I was filming would conform to my narrative propriety. But you can’t control it.

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May 27, 2024

The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we have with others.

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