It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about
David Henry HwangTonight, I've finally learned to tell fantasy from reality. And, knowing the difference, I choose fantasy.
David Henry HwangThis 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 swallowed by a mundane world.
David Henry HwangI now know that to do a worthwhile family history I must interpret the past without falling into either demonizing or unquestioning acceptance. . . . As a playwright, what I object to right now is any form of fundamentalism, whether it's nationalistic, religious or ethnic. . . . I think it is ridiculous - and fundamentalist, by the way - to say that I am not changed by the culture around me.
David Henry Hwang