Katori Hall Quotes
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As a black woman who grows up in a predominantly white neighborhood, you learn how to perform a 'good' version of yourself. And then when you're with your home girls, you're saying all kinds of stuff that sounds all kinds of crazy, but you understand each other because you're speaking the way that you're comfortable with.
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I grew up playing with kids from Hurt Village, playing with kids from other housing projects, Lamar Terrace, because my grandmother lived in that particular area. So, I always wondered how I would have turned out if I would have lived in that particular given circumstance.
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Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you.
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I started writing because I got so frustrated that there weren't enough plays that had roles for young black women in them.
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Through school, I saw plenty of theatre my parents weren't necessarily up on. They would prefer a football game to watching 'The Nutcracker,' and that's fine. I enjoy both.
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Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience.
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We expect our leaders to be godlike. But I feel that when people try to sanctify leadership, it puts it out of the realm of regular people. And that's where the greatest leaders come from - from the people.
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I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.