Music Is Very Influential To My Writing,

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 Don't Know What Issues Concerning Identity Have Helped Contemporary Fiction Evolve To What It Is Now. All I Know Is That The Range Of Voices That Are Being Heard And Published Is A Lot More Diverse Than When I Was Coming Up.

Becoming A Mother Has Helped Make Me A Tougher, Stronger Writer.

[on The Philippines:] ... Eighty Dialects And Languages Are Spoken; We Are A Fragmented Nation Of Loyal Believers, Divided By Blood Feuds And Controlled By The Church.

Everything Matters. Time Is Precious.