Katori Hall Quotes
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In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.
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Most of the time, when I'm writing, I'm writing for myself. I'm thinking, 'What will my character say at this time? What will come out of her mouth?' I create individuals so real to me, I sometimes start talking to them. Then I let them loose on the page.
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Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.
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Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.
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Become your dream, and not be told what you are supposed to do.
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I'm very opinionated, very intelligent and not afraid to show that.
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I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.
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I always felt like Broadway was not for me - in terms of ticket price, in terms of what was on there. I never saw myself reflected in the mirror of the Great White Way.
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I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment of pause on April 4th - he was just a statue to me. I wanted to make him a little bit more real to me as a human being.
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I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue.
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Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences of color and continue to go out to our community and create a continuous connection that extends beyond the one black show in the season.
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'Hurt Village' is based on a real housing project in Memphis, about three minutes away from the Lorraine Hotel where Dr. King was assassinated, so in my work I'm focusing on a very specific area in Memphis. I see 'Hurt Village' as a natural extension of 'The Mountaintop.'
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Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.
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Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.
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Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.
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I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being.
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It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.
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I'm very Southern in the way I walk in the world. I love to laugh. I love to eat. I love to hug people. But if somebody makes me mad, my neck may roll. I can be aggressive with a Southern twang.
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I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.
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Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.
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Serendipity always rewards the prepared.
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I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others.
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I have so many different voices and stories to tell.
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I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.