I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
My father has always been interested in discarding the past. He's never much liked China or the whole idea behind China or… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
I now know that to do a worthwhile family history I must interpret the past without falling into either demonizing or unquestioning… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
Consider it this way: what would you say if a blond homecoming queen fell in love with a short Japanese businessman? He… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
I knew I was Chinese, but growing up, it never occurred to me that that had any particular implication or that it… — 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… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
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… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
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… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
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… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
