Talib Kweli Quotes

To be honest, that whole exchange with Crunk Feminist actually made me write the song because I realize there's a lot of young women out there so hurt by the misogynistic images in hip-hop they paint it with such a broad brush stroke that they think anybody that defends hip-hop is defending misogyny.

Talib Kweli Black Star

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I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all.

Karen Joy Fowler
Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

Larry Hagman
- Good
- Writing
- Alone
As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.

Fede Alvarez
- People
- Writing
- Movie
I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs.

Yael Naim
- People
- Music
- Country
Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want your stream of thought uninterrupted.

Vikas Swarup
- Writing
- Thought
- Yourself
I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.

Ida Lupino
- Myself
- See
- Feminist