All Jessica Hagedorn Quotes
- Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I… Appreciate
- There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They… All
- Everything matters. Time is precious. Everything Matters
- Don't say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals 'fine choice. Choice
- My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how… Filipino
- Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains. Boxed
- 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 me started on… Bleecker
- I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City. Airport
- 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… All
- Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer. Becoming
- 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… All
- Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was a child. It's… Action
- I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood. Blood
- I don't believe in sampling some Tibetan music just to make it sound groovy, but you do your homework, you understand what you're doing with… Believe
- I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic. Cinematic
- 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. Called
- Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film. Film
- There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs. Certain
- We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama. That… Child
- The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that Gritty