Originally the structure was . . . a modern narrator who would appear intermittently and talk about his memories of his grandmother, which would then be juxtaposed against scenes from the past. But the stories from the past were always… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to be a movie or a television show with Asian characters, I would go out of my way to avoid them, because they portrayed all Asians as either ridiculously good or ridiculously bad; you know, the whole… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share
I visited a new cultural center in Shanghai in 2005 that was pretty much perfect, except for the really badly translated Chinglish signs: a… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me. I finally… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
I think that plays are probably the most personal, because it's just me in charge, but sometimes it's just really - I think that… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
“And you wonder, what's wrong with me? Will anyone beautiful want me?” — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
As Asian-Americans, the charge that is often lobbed against us is sort of the least original: the idea that somehow we're perpetual foreigners, that we can't be trusted, and that even my father, who was patriotic to the point that it was kind of a joke among his children, would be accused of being disloyal to America. — David Henry Hwang Copy Share
Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
My new play 'Chinglish,' which will go to Broadway, is about a white American businessman who goes to a provincial capital in China, hoping… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
. . . I felt I was finally in a position to affect not only the artistic content of the American theatre, but also its institutional structures. This has been an important goal of mine, as there have always been a variety of issues - artistic freedom, author's rights, access by minority groups - which have concerned me and even… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share
Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For me, it's a way to jump-start the engine. For example, some people use the technique of basing a character on a friend. They start writing with his or her voice, then at a certain point, the character takes… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share
