I really hope that people feel permission to talk about their own troubles, but also to celebrate themselves. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Language from songs and TV shows feel integral because it helps to create the environment and describe the full picture. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I struggle with depression and anxiety, and I have since I was a teenager. I spent a good chunk of time being… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I try to convey what it feels like and sounds like and smells like and looks like inside of my particular skin,… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel as though I'm trying to take a hit for the team so that other people then can move forward.… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Where I would usually backspace, I stop and say, "You know what? This is important, that I say how I feel and… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I don't think that there are as many black women or women of color becoming psychiatrists, so we can't find them and… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Love makes you smart and strong. Smart enough to know there is nothing else that matters. Strong enough to know that nothing… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
And I would stop and take you in, all of you, and when our eyes lock we'd just stare into each other's… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Mickalene [Thomas] is an artist that I have admired for a long time. So much of her work inspires me - I… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I always say that my artist statement is to not be afraid to talk about the messiness - the unpleasant feelings and… — 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
![“Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking about different systems, thinking about power. Trying to figure out what I can take and learn from history as a tool for getting through whatever is happening right…” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d75/morgan-parker-6193_different_since-the-election-of-donald-trump-i-ve_1149337.jpg)
![“Mickalene [Thomas] is an artist that I have admired for a long time. So much of her work inspires me - I spend time looking at her work when I'm writing. I feel like we're working toward the same themes, and I see our work in conversation, whether we know it or not.” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/960/morgan-parker-6193_art_mickalene-thomas-is-an-artist-that-i-hav_1355829.jpg)
![“I liked the idea of using this mega-star [Beyoncé ] to talk about all those things on the tiny scale of my life.” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d67/morgan-parker-6193_ideas_i-liked-the-idea-of-using-this-mega-star_95213.jpg)
![“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 flat, and I knew that Mickalene's [Tomas] work would be able to encompass all the many states of being that are in the book.” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/006/morgan-parker-6193_able_the-book-there-are-more-beautiful-things_230543.jpg)
