Katori Hall Quotes
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I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.
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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 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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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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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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Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you.
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I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.