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.

Quiara Alegria Hudes

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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.

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decision writing thinking

Each musical finds its own way.

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musical

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.

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pain teacher meaningful

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.

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strong writing mean

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."

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library culture book

I just find something to learn in everything.

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Novels can fill in the spaces about what that emotional resonance is.

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novel emotional

The best way for me to procrastinate as a writer is research.

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best me research way

I'm half Puerto Rican and half Jewish and so, in some ways, living in many worlds at once is where I feel most at home.

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some feel living home

I love writing. It makes me so happy.

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me writing happy love

I'll kind of get interested in a subject and I won't know why. It'll be in my head for many years and I'll say, 'Do I know enough here to research?'

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say know research enough

I love researching, I love interviewing.

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researching interviewing i-love love

I am myself of a mixed background.

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mixed background i-am myself