But I think there's a genuine joy, too, a sense that no matter what, even if my stomach's growling, I'm going to dance. That's what I want to leave people with at the end of the play. After all this, people still know how to live.

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

Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.

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

Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains.

I don't believe in sampling some Tibetan music just to make it sound groovy, but you do your homework, you understand what you're doing with it.