My grandmother used to get her shoes made in Paris in the '30s, and they would be shipped to her in Singapore.
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.
I sort of wanted to reveal this other side of Asia: Southeast Asia, where the Chinese have been wealthy for generations and have different ways of relating to money. I wanted to sort of reveal this world to readers.
Canada has become such a staging area for Chinese money.
One of the dreams on my wish list is to spend more time in Thailand.
I came from a family of extremely old money, and so by the time I was born, there was really just a trickle of money left.
Such huge money has been made in China - it can be hundreds of millions in a year - and there's a need to validate it by showing what they can buy and how much of it.
Warner Bros. is just this amazing historic studio that does great movies.
I wanted to explore what all this new-found wealth means for the different generations of Chinese who have to live together in this place that is transforming at warp speed into the richest country on the planet.