Katori Hall

Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.

— Katori Hall

I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.

— Katori Hall

Most of the time, when I'm writing, I'm writing for myself. I'm thinking, 'What will my character say at this time? What…

— Katori Hall

I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are…

— Katori Hall

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.

— Katori Hall

Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience.

— Katori Hall

I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race.

— Katori Hall

You don’t know what’s going to happen in the end, and that’s what the best plays are.

— Katori Hall

We expect our leaders to be godlike. But I feel that when people try to sanctify leadership, it puts it out of…

— Katori Hall

I've had frank conversations with theaters who say, 'We love your play, but we've already done a play by another black person…

— Katori Hall

It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.

— Katori Hall

Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.

— Katori Hall

Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you.

— Katori Hall

Become your dream, and not be told what you are supposed to do.

— Katori Hall

I have so many different voices and stories to tell.

— Katori Hall

Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.

— Katori Hall

I always felt like Broadway was not for me - in terms of ticket price, in terms of what was on there.…

— Katori Hall

As a black woman who grows up in a predominantly white neighborhood, you learn how to perform a 'good' version of yourself.…

— Katori Hall

I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill…

— Katori Hall

I'm very Southern in the way I walk in the world. I love to laugh. I love to eat. I love to…

— Katori Hall

Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to…

— Katori Hall

'Hurt Village' is based on a real housing project in Memphis, about three minutes away from the Lorraine Hotel where Dr. King…

— Katori Hall

I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday…

— Katori Hall

I'm very opinionated, very intelligent and not afraid to show that.

— Katori Hall

I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue.

— Katori Hall