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.


Citations

Hwang, David Henry. Interview with Bill Moyers. Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, PBS, 25 Mar. 2003.

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David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang
  • Born: August 11, 1957
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Playwright, Screenwriter, Television Writer, Librettist, Lyricist

David Henry Hwang is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards. Three of his works—M. Butterfly, Yellow Face, and Soft Power—have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.