I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted a figure of a black woman that the reader has to confront. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
It's always hard for me to find a therapist who is a black woman or even a woman of color. It's something that we've… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of using this mega-star [Beyoncé ] to talk about all those things on the tiny scale of my life. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I think that we need to make it our goal to define freedom for ourselves. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“I admired how perfectly matched they seemed to be, and I started to wonder about my own, personal definition of love. Had it been… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“Writers are always scrapping one word for a better one. Regular people just say stuff, they don't replace there words ever. Its the only… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
The book [There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?] is quite complex, and I was worried that it would be marketed as one-sided or… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
We kind of have to rewrite our own stories and our own ways of being free. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“...Love isn't a heart condition. It's not even an emotional one. It's just a four-letter word we want to use when we want to… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“You're a writer, though. Your words are malleable, replaceable, and by definition untrustworthy. they mean nothing to you and that's what I'm afraid I… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
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