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Jessica Hagedorn Quotes

Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was a child Picture Quote #1

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 Filipino mother and a father who was Scotch Irish-French; you know, white American hybrid. And I also have on my father’s side a great-great-grandmother who was Chinese. So, I’m a hybrid Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I’m an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society Picture Quote #1

I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used term ‘magical realism.’ It’s a wonderful term that’s just been used so much, we don’t know what it means anymore Picture Quote #1

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 now gotten very limited. They only make action movies and hard-core exploitation movies. Women get raped; men get shot Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 I identify Picture Quote #1

There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind Picture Quote #1

Adaptability is the simple secret of survival Picture Quote #1

Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer Picture Quote #1

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs Picture Quote #1

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Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film Picture Quote #1

Everything matters. Time is precious Picture Quote #1

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 was our television, you know. We had to use our imagination. So it was really those two things, and the comics, that I immersed myself in as a child Picture Quote #1

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 would come on at ten o’clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death Picture Quote #1

Life is not simple, and people can’t be boxed into being either heroes or villains Picture Quote #1

I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 scavenge from the best Picture Quote #1

I’m an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society Picture Quote #1

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Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was a child. (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) 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 Filipino mother and a father who was Scotch Irish-French; you know, white American hybrid. And I also have on my father’s side a great-great-grandmother who was Chinese. So, I’m a hybrid. (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) 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. (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) I’m an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society. (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used term ‘magical realism.’ It’s a wonderful term that’s just been used so much, we don’t know what it means anymore. (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) 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 now gotten very limited. They only make action movies and hard-core exploitation movies. Women get raped; men get shot (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) 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 (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) 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 I identify (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) Adaptability is the simple secret of survival (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) Everything matters. Time is precious (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) 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 was our television, you know. We had to use our imagination. So it was really those two things, and the comics, that I immersed myself in as a child (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) 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 would come on at ten o’clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) Life is not simple, and people can’t be boxed into being either heroes or villains (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) 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 (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 scavenge from the best (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes) I’m an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society (Jessica Hagedorn Quotes)