Top 21 Quotes by Jessica Hagedorn

About Jessica Hagedorn

These are some quotes by Filipino author Jessica Hagedorn Writer, who was born in 1949.

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.

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

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

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

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

Jessica Hagedorn

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

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

Jessica Hagedorn

Everything matters. Time is precious.

Everything matters. Time is precious.

Jessica Hagedorn

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

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

Jessica Hagedorn

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Jessica Hagedorn

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

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