Jessica Hagedorn

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

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I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#considered #i #myself #person #polite

Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#boxed #either #heroes #into #life

Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#helped #make #me #mother #stronger

Everything matters. Time is precious. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#matters #precious #time

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

#appreciate #being #best #contradictions #i

I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

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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 it. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#doing #groovy #homework #i #just

I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#dialogue #i #i love #i think #lot

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 #feeling #i #i think #legitimate