Black Quote by Dylan Moran

I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell.

— Christopher Priest

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to…

— Lena Waithe

I love that 'Black-ish' is a pretty traditional sitcom, structurally. It functions like the sitcoms from the '80s and '90s that I grew up…

— Daveed Diggs

Black storytelling can be about anything, absolutely anything, and within that it can be as enriching, as complex, beautiful, ugly as anything else. We…

— Paterson Joseph

My first two novels were very black comedies.

— Hilary Mantel

I doubted Black-ish , and I'll tell you why. Because it doesn't matter if a writer wrote it for you. He could've written it…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

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

— Katori Hall

There aren't many children's books about black characters that are just going on adventures. My library has over 2,000 children's books in it, and…

— Martellus Bennett

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

— Toni Morrison

There is an appetite for things that are different and a story with Black characters that's going to appeal to a lot of people.

— Cord Jefferson

The problem with black cinema in its current form is on the one hand it is the only game in town; it's a very…

— Arthur Jafa

I am not defined as a black writer in the Caribbean, but as soon as I go to America or the U.K., my place…

— Derek Walcott