There's something about China and its rush to capitalism that I find confusing. At the same time, we live in an America… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
You can't be a playwright without believing there's an audience for adventurous work. — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
There was all this talk when Obama got elected about how we were living in a postracial world. But we're not. Until… — 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
Even if you're lucky to have a play on Broadway like 'Chinglish,' you don't necessarily earn enough off it to support the… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
With a musical, you kind of have to do a mind-meld with the book-writer, the lyricist, the composer, the director - sometimes… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
You aren't allowed to ask at auditions, legally, a person's race. — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
We all deal with failure. If you're lucky to have a long career, it's part of the experience. — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
For a long time, it was hard for me to get my work done in Chicago. Silk Road gave me opportunities to… — 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
