I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood.

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!

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

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.

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.

Don't say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals 'fine choice.