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.
• Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.
• Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.
• 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…
• Serendipity always rewards the prepared.
• Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.
• Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.
• I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.
• Become your dream, and not be told what you are supposed to do.
• Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you.
• 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…
• I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment…
• 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…
• I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.
• Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences…
• 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…
• I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.
• Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience.
• It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.
• In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.

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