One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider.

In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural.

For the first time in years, he felt the deep sadness of exile, knowing that he was alone here, an outsider, and too alert to the ironies, the niceties, the manners, and indeed, the morals to be able to participate.

Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had missed, in some ways.

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it.

I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere. I always felt I was an outsider.