“I think all of the decisions I make about my life and writing are the preparation - what I choose to write about and the immersive nature of the lifestyle I choose for playwriting.” ThinkingWritingDecisionLifestylePreparation Author:Quiara Alegria Hudes
“If any of my plays outlive me or get on library book shelves and somehow stay read, all of a sudden it's a testament to "that's part of our culture, that's part of our history."” BookCultureLibraryLibrary Books Author:Quiara Alegria Hudes
“I had some great music teachers who were men, but I think there's something about having these master teachers who were women in my life. That's very meaningful to me and you see it in my work. I write a lot about matriarchs and the pain of it, the beauty of it, the burden of it, the love of it.” ThinkingMenWritingPainTeacherBurdenMeaningfulGreat MusicVery Mean Author:Quiara Alegria Hudes
“I remember getting to college and all of a sudden realizing that feminism was a dirty word to a lot of people and it was baffling to me. I would tell people that I was a feminist and they would look at me and go, "Why?" And that just made me feel more at home in those shoes.” PeopleHomeRememberRealizingFeminismCollegeFeministDirtyLook At Me Author:Quiara Alegria Hudes
“People ask me: "Do I consider myself to be a Latino writer?" "What does it mean to be Latino?" Those are very strange questions to answer , but feminism is easier because it's just an ideology, a way I live my life. And absolutely in the most political sense I try to sit down and write very strong female roles.” PeopleWritingTryingMeanPoliticalStrongFeminismStrangeFemaleIdeologyAsk MeVery StrongLiving My LifeLatinoI Live My LifeStrong Female Author:Quiara Alegria Hudes
“Novels can fill in the spaces about what that emotional resonance is.” NovelEmotional Author:Quiara Alegria Hudes