"They said, 'We have been, like, rubbed out of the history in all these stories',"Zhou said.
"Any visibility for this under-represented topic is critical, and they're wonderful, beautiful stories that the nation should know."
"But, ultimately, my work is about strength and resilience. I'm born in the Year of the Snake … I'm blessed to have dragon and serpent blood, so … two really powerful ancient traditional cultures."
"The parallels are astounding, you know, we were both social outcasts in our own land … so, naturally we'd get together, fight together."