Cord Jefferson

To be very good at football, you need to be able to snuff out the voice inside of you that says it's…

— Cord Jefferson

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

Bravery is a virtue people revere in dead soldiers and then turn to disparage in someone extending her hand to a weirdo.

— Cord Jefferson

Cutoff culture,' 'the friendzone:' these are just neologisms used by men to mask or soften the reality that they have been -…

— Cord Jefferson

The reason I became a writer is because I like sitting in dark rooms by myself, not standing on stage and talking…

— Cord Jefferson

My mother told me she thought I had clinical depression when I was 19 years old. And I thought, you're crazy because,…

— Cord Jefferson

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

I think that happiness has been elusive for me my entire life.

— Cord Jefferson

The hostility directed at writers who cover minority beats in America is solid proof that those people are doing important work. But…

— Cord Jefferson

It should go without saying that there's no outside arbiter of who 'deserves' which woman, or of what one 'deserves' to receive…

— Cord Jefferson

The Black experience in America now includes everything, all the way up to being the president of the United States.' But there's…

— Cord Jefferson

The thing about New York stories that many storytellers often forget is that they can take place anywhere in the world. That's…

— Cord Jefferson

I feel both happy and sad in my life... Life is neither comedy nor tragedy. And so I just wanted to work…

— Cord Jefferson

The prevalence of the GVP (grilled vegetable plate) as the sole vegetarian option at many restaurants is offensive for a whole host…

— Cord Jefferson

I do not believe in things like ghosts or astrology or gods who care if you eat shellfish, so I feel unwaveringly…

— Cord Jefferson

For several years, I made my unofficial beat the stories, struggles, and politics of blacks in America. I wrote about other things,…

— Cord Jefferson

I fear losing faith in the power of one.

— Cord Jefferson

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

If you're a good journalist, you can probably be a good screenwriter or novelist. That skillset travels.

— Cord Jefferson

The world takes from us relentlessly. It takes our friends and first loves. It takes our parents. It takes our faith. It…

— Cord Jefferson

As a defense attorney in Ohio, my dad would accept food in lieu of money from his poorer clients, and work into…

— Cord Jefferson

To be raised as a man of color in America - especially a black man, and particularly a very dark black man…

— Cord Jefferson

I love 'The Wire' so much, and think it's masterful on so many levels.

— Cord Jefferson

Art is subjective. Just because an executive, or even if five executives say that they don't like the idea and that they…

— Cord Jefferson

It should go without saying that women aren't carnival prizes to be won.

— Cord Jefferson