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David Henry Hwang quotes: I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.

I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.

David Henry Hwang quotes: I am almost famous in China, because I have that Broadway cachet.

I am almost famous in China, because I have that Broadway cachet.

David Henry Hwang quotes: 'Yellow Face' marks my summation of multiculturalism.

'Yellow Face' marks my summation of multiculturalism.

David Henry Hwang quotes: The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman can't think for herself

The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman can't think for herself

David Henry Hwang quotes: Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men? ... Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.

Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men? ... Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.

David Henry Hwang quotes: Well, there's no guarantee of failure in life like happiness in high school.

Well, there's no guarantee of failure in life like happiness in high school.

David Henry Hwang quotes: There's a reason why the form was originally silent

There's a reason why the form was originally silent

David Henry Hwang quotes: I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

David Henry Hwang quotes: It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ... those are the ones to write about

It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ... those are the ones to write about

David Henry Hwang quotes: There is something very unique in American iconography about this notion of the pursuit of happiness.

There is something very unique in American iconography about this notion of the pursuit of happiness.

David Henry Hwang quotes: Death with honor is better than life ... life with dishonor.

Death with honor is better than life ... life with dishonor.

David Henry Hwang quotes: We are all prisoners of our time and place.

We are all prisoners of our time and place.

David Henry Hwang quotes: And you wonder, what's wrong with me? Will anyone beautiful want me?

And you wonder, what's wrong with me? Will anyone beautiful want me?

David Henry Hwang quotes: To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human.

To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human.

David Henry Hwang quotes: You aren't allowed to ask at auditions, legally, a person's race.

You aren't allowed to ask at auditions, legally, a person's race.

David Henry Hwang quotes: Now I see we are always most revolted by the things hidden within us.

Now I see
we are always most revolted by the things hidden within us.

David Henry Hwang quotes: Happiness is so rare that our mind can turn somersaults to protect it.

Happiness is so rare that our mind can turn somersaults to protect it.

David Henry Hwang quotes: Even if you're lucky to have a play on Broadway like 'Chinglish,' you don't necessarily earn enough off it to support the years it takes to get there.

Even if you're lucky to have a play on Broadway like 'Chinglish,' you don't necessarily earn enough off it to support the years it takes to get there.

David Henry Hwang quotes: Tonight, I've finally learned to tell fantasy from reality. And, knowing the difference, I choose fantasy.

Tonight, I've finally learned to tell fantasy from reality. And, knowing the difference, I choose fantasy.

David Henry Hwang quotes: Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I hate myself, but always I miss you

Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I hate myself, but always I miss you

David Henry Hwang quotes: You can't be a playwright without believing there's an audience for adventurous work.

You can't be a playwright without believing there's an audience for adventurous work.

David Henry Hwang quotes: I've studied Chinese in college, but basically, I'm not bilingual.

I've studied Chinese in college, but basically, I'm not bilingual.

David Henry Hwang quotes: But is it possible for a woman to be too uninhibited, too willing, so as to seem almost too... masculine?

But is it possible for a woman to be too uninhibited, too willing, so as to seem almost too... masculine?

David Henry Hwang quotes: We all deal with failure. If you're lucky to have a long career, it's part of the experience.

We all deal with failure. If you're lucky to have a long career, it's part of the experience.

David Henry Hwang quotes: We must conserve our strengths for the battles we can win.

We must conserve our strengths for the battles we can win.

David Henry Hwang quotes: Time flies when you're being stupid.

Time flies when you're being stupid.

David Henry Hwang quotes: Don't forget: there is no homosexuality in China!

Don't forget: there is no homosexuality in China!