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.

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.

I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic.

It's not just NYU. There are days when I feel like I'm stranded in some upscale mall in Pasadena. Don't even get me started on the insidious transformation of Bleecker Street!

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.

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