The hostility directed at writers who cover minority beats in America is solid proof that those people are doing important work. But that work can be exhausting. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
It's exhausting to always be writing and thinking about a new person being racist or sexist or otherwise awful. It's exhausting to feel compelled on a consistent basis to defend your claim to dignity. — 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
