Imperialism Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— David Henry Hwang

“And you wonder, what's wrong with me? Will anyone beautiful want me?”

— 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…

— David Henry Hwang

Death with honor is better than life... life with dishonor.

— 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…

— 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…

— David Henry Hwang

. . . I felt I was finally in a position to affect not only the artistic content of the American theatre, but also…

— 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…

— David Henry Hwang

Time flies when you’re being stupid.

— David Henry Hwang