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 filipinograndmotheridentify Change image and share on social
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 childcomicdrama share on social
I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic. Jessica Hagedorn cinematicdialoguelot Change image and share on social
Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer. Jessica Hagedorn helpmakemother Change image and share on social
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 clockcreepydeath share on social
I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood. Jessica Hagedorn bloodidentifylatin Change image and share on social
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 childfilmgrow Change image and share on social
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 callcolonialfelt Change image and share on social
Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains. Jessica Hagedorn boxherolife Change image and share on social
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 americananymoreclose share on social