Katori Hall Quotes
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You don’t know what’s going to happen in the end, and that’s what the best plays are.
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Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.
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Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.
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Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun. You don't know everything, and that is…
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Serendipity always rewards the prepared.
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Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.
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Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.
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I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.
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Become your dream, and not be told what you are supposed to do.
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Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you.
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I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than…
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I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment…
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I grew up playing with kids from Hurt Village, playing with kids from other housing projects, Lamar Terrace, because my grandmother lived in that particular…
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I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.
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Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences…
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I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and…
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I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.
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Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience.
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It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.
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In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.
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