All Katori Hall Quotes
- You don’t know what’s going to happen in the end, and that’s what the best plays are. Best
- Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress. Hatred
- Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence. 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… Achieve
- Serendipity always rewards the prepared. Always Rewards
- Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell. Burn
- Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers. Actor
- I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself. August
- Become your dream, and not be told what you are supposed to do. Dream
- Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you. Dreams
- 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… Get Jealous
- I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment… April
- 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… Always Wondered
- I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers. Black
- Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences… 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… Actor
- I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women. Black
- Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience. Audience
- It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge. Bridge
- In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality. Care
- Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men. Dominated
- I have so many different voices and stories to tell. Different Voices
- I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue. Black
- I always felt like Broadway was not for me - in terms of ticket price, in terms of what was on there. I never saw… Always Felt