Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind.

There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death.

My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.

I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City.

Everything matters. Time is precious.

I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.