We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of… — Jessica Hagedorn Children Copy Share Image
There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy… — Jessica Hagedorn Clock Copy Share Image
My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination.… — Jessica Hagedorn Filipino Copy Share Image
Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film. — Jessica Hagedorn Film Copy Share Image
The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that — Jessica Hagedorn Inspirational Copy Share Image
I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that… — Jessica Hagedorn Contemporary Copy Share Image
I'm part Spanish. My paternal grandfather came from Spain via Singapore to Manila. On my mother's side it's more mixture, with a… — Jessica Hagedorn Also Copy Share Image
I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society. — Jessica Hagedorn Persons Copy Share Image
Writers and scholars have emerged in recent times (some familiar, some new) to continue to challenge the notion of a literature that… — Jessica Hagedorn Books Copy Share Image
I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic. — Jessica Hagedorn Cinematic Copy Share Image
I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough. — Jessica Hagedorn Enough Copy Share Image
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… — Jessica Hagedorn Feels Copy Share Image
“The Suffering Pilipino: We Pinoys suffer collectively from a cultural inferiority complex. We are doomed by our need for assimilation into the… — Jessica Hagedorn Inferiority complex Copy Share Image
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… — Jessica Hagedorn Ends Copy Share Image
Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer. — Jessica Hagedorn Becoming Copy Share Image
[On The Philippines:] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal believers, divided by blood feuds… — Jessica Hagedorn Asia Copy Share Image
Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains. — Jessica Hagedorn Hero Copy Share Image
I don't believe in sampling some Tibetan music just to make it sound groovy, but you do your homework, you understand what… — Jessica Hagedorn Believe Copy Share Image
Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was… — Jessica Hagedorn Action Copy Share Image
Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was… — Jessica Hagedorn Child Copy Share Image
There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs. — Jessica Hagedorn Certain Copy Share Image
Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in… — Jessica Hagedorn Appreciate Copy Share Image
All the fabulous and fearless writers gathered here, whether they are living in Manila, the US, or elsewhere in the ever-growing Philippine… — Jessica Hagedorn Abiding Copy Share Image
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