I became a very passionate Christian when I was 17. I started writing and performing poetry at different venues across the U.K. I started performing from then, really. — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
When you've got African parents, you go to uni, do finance, and go into accounting. But I'm not good with systems. I dropped out in my final year of college to become a Christian poet. Then went back to do… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I think you just have to do you, whatever that is, and not feel like you have to be a certain way for other… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
My sets are not peaceful. It's a beautiful catastrophe. I am running around like a headless chicken. I don't sleep because I am writing.… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was going to write for TV until I was suddenly writing for TV, so that kind of stuff can bewilder… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
Looking back, the way I see it, there was something slightly deluded about my belief - what that meant to me - but with… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
Don't sit there and complain. Rub your hands together and figure out what to do. — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I don't write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my shoulders. — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
'Chewing Gum Dreams' should make you look twice at the girl shouting on the bus and not just cuss her off from your life. — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I don't really go with the crowd. I'm the kind of person that if I heard some girls were bullying my friend in another… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
To see people laughing or crying or listening, then being inspired to do their own thing? I can't think of anything better than that. — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
