Becoming a mother has helped make me a t... by Jessica Hagedorn | We Heart Quotes

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

- Jessica Hagedorn

Other quotes by Jessica Hagedorn

Being World Life

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

Writing Love

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

- Jessica Hagedorn

Time

Everything matters. Time is precious.

- Jessica Hagedorn

Joy Sense End Want People

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

Writing Music Film

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

- Jessica Hagedorn

Movies Men Women Now Film

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

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