42 Quotes by Jessica Hagedorn

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.

And I've lived now in North America close to thirty years. In terms of my politics, I feel a political alliance too, with the Asian community here.

Don’t say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals ’fine choice.

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

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

It’s not just NYU. There are days when I feel like I’m stranded in some upscale mall in Pasadena. Don’t even get me started on the insidious transformation of Bleecker Street!

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.

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.

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.