“To me, it’s always been a matter of: Do your homework and be committed to the extent that you can capture that world. I think I’m open.”

—  Philip Kan Gotanda

On doing research in order to capture authenticity in “Philip Kan Gotanda by David Henry Hwang” https://bombmagazine.org/articles/philip-kan-gotanda-1/ in BOMB Magazine (1997 Jan 1)

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