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> [My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me. I finally went to a summer workshop before my senior year with people like Sam Shepard and Maria…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/my-first-plays-were-amazingly-bad-but-i-had-a-teacher-who-thought-i/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

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## More by David Henry Hwang

> [I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/i-felt-pretty-good-growing-up-i-didnt-feel-a-lot-of-prejudice-or/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [I visited a new cultural center in Shanghai in 2005 that was pretty much perfect, except for the really badly translated Chinglish signs: a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/i-visited-a-new-cultural-center-in-shanghai-in-2005-that-was-pretty/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me. I finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/my-first-plays-were-amazingly-bad-but-i-had-a-teacher-who-thought-i/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/i-think-that-plays-are-probably-the-most-personal-because-it-s-just/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [“And you wonder, what's wrong with me? Will anyone beautiful want me?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/and-you-wonder-what-s-wrong-with-me-will-anyone-beautiful-want-me/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/as-asian-americans-the-charge-that-is-often-lobbed-against-us-is-sort/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [Death with honor is better than life... life with dishonor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/death-with-honor-is-better-than-life-life-with-dishonor/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/chinese-culture-in-general-is-not-very-religious-confucianism-is-more/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [My new play 'Chinglish,' which will go to Broadway, is about a white American businessman who goes to a provincial capital in China, hoping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/my-new-play-chinglish-which-will-go-to-broadway-is-about-a-white/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [. . . I felt I was finally in a position to affect not only the artistic content of the American theatre, but also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/i-felt-i-was-finally-in-a-position-to-affect-not-only-the-artistic/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/yes-i-am-one-of-those-people-who-feels-that-most-of-my-work-is/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [Time flies when you’re being stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/time-flies-when-you-re-being-stupid/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [If I do a play, it's my vision, and everybody else is working on the production to support that. If I do an opera,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/if-i-do-a-play-it-s-my-vision-and-everybody-else-is-working-on-the/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?...Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/why-in-the-peking-opera-are-women-s-roles-played-by-men-because-only/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

> [There's something about China and its rush to capitalism that I find confusing. At the same time, we live in an America where capitalists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/there-s-something-about-china-and-its-rush-to-capitalism-that-i-find/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

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