I've had people pass on stuff that I do a lot - the nature of this business is rejection. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
I don't ever want to police people's laughter. People laugh for all different kinds of reasons. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is an appetite for things that are different and a story with Black characters that's going to appeal to a lot… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
Bravery is a virtue people revere in dead soldiers and then turn to disparage in someone extending her hand to a weirdo. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
The idea that America used to be great is, in the minds of a lot of people who were oppressed by America,… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think that was one of the reasons I loved 'Moonlight.' I don't remember if there's a single white person in that… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
Probably a lot of people of color in this country can empathize with this idea that you need to hide who you… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'd always rather spec something and just write it. Because when you're pitching something that isn't even on a page yet, it… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
There's an audience and market for depictions of Black life that are as broad and as deep as any other depictions of… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
The hostility directed at writers who cover minority beats in America is solid proof that those people are doing important work. But… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
When you are going about hiding so much of yourself, you can also miss a lot of what's right in front of… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
When I first started working in... television, for instance, I didn't know that people who write for television generally choose one: either… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
Very frequently Black people and other people of color in this country are taught that they need to be stoic and keep… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
The reason I became a writer is because I like sitting in dark rooms by myself, not standing on stage and talking… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
To be very good at football, you need to be able to snuff out the voice inside of you that says it's better for… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
I think that was one of the reasons I loved 'Moonlight.' I don't remember if there's a single white person in that movie. It's… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
Bravery is a virtue people revere in dead soldiers and then turn to disparage in someone extending her hand to a weirdo. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
Cutoff culture,' 'the friendzone:' these are just neologisms used by men to mask or soften the reality that they have been - and have… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
The reason I became a writer is because I like sitting in dark rooms by myself, not standing on stage and talking to people. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
My mother told me she thought I had clinical depression when I was 19 years old. And I thought, you're crazy because, you know,… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
There is an appetite for things that are different and a story with Black characters that's going to appeal to a lot of people. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
The hostility directed at writers who cover minority beats in America is solid proof that those people are doing important work. But that work… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
It should go without saying that there's no outside arbiter of who 'deserves' which woman, or of what one 'deserves' to receive from a… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
The Black experience in America now includes everything, all the way up to being the president of the United States.' But there's genres for… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
The thing about New York stories that many storytellers often forget is that they can take place anywhere in the world. That's because for… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
I feel both happy and sad in my life... Life is neither comedy nor tragedy. And so I just wanted to work on things… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
The prevalence of the GVP (grilled vegetable plate) as the sole vegetarian option at many restaurants is offensive for a whole host of reasons.… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
I do not believe in things like ghosts or astrology or gods who care if you eat shellfish, so I feel unwaveringly confident in… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share
