All David Henry Hwang Quotes
- Time flies when you’re being stupid. Flies
- This is the ultimate cruelty, isn't it? That I can talk and talk and to anyone listening, it's only air--too rich a diet to be… Air
- Well, there's no guarantee of failure in life like happiness in high school. Failure
- Death with honor is better than life... life with dishonor. Better
- To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human. Battle
- The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman can’t think for herself Believe
- I've never quite understood the idea of a "season." Whenever an artistic director says to me, 'I have this slot,' I always start to feel… Always Start
- There's a reason why the form was originally silent Form
- It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about Beat
- I now know that to do a worthwhile family history I must interpret the past without falling into either demonizing or unquestioning acceptance. . .… Acceptance
- Originally the structure was . . . a modern narrator who would appear intermittently and talk about his memories of his grandmother, which would then… Action
- 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… Adaptation
- . . . I felt I was finally in a position to affect not only the artistic content of the American theatre, but also its… Access
- We are all prisoners of our time and place. All
- Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I hate myself, but always I miss you Hate
- I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy. Crazy
- Now I see -- we are always most revolted by the things hidden within us. Funny
- Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?...Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act. Act
- Consider it this way: what would you say if a blond homecoming queen fell in love with a short Japanese businessman? He treats her cruelly,… Ah
- Tonight, I've finally learned to tell fantasy from reality. And, knowing the difference, I choose fantasy. Choose