About Quote by Geoffrey S. Fletcher Download Open image “I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.” — Geoffrey S. Fletcher ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare About African american Breadth Enough Stories Think Thinking
There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
Hollywood has had a very limited way of telling stories about black people. — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
It's important to tell the story you're telling in the right way, which might involve black people or people of whatever heritage or ethnicity… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
I don't think we're getting the empathy, and identifying with the situations that many African Americans experience. That's the problem with how the story… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place. — Algee Smith Copy Share Image
There are some stories I want to tell that I think it'd be cool to see an African-American dude do. — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share
In a one-hour documentary, you can tell maybe ten stories. That's how the documentary is structured. I wrote to forty of the greatest historians… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain expectations. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge was deciding which stories to tell. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share
My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
In these times of stress, snark, division and despair, I still suspect that two of the most important features we possess are imagination and… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
I often think about the many remarkable things that my personal computer can do which I never ask it to do. I probably use… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
'Precious' is strangely uplifting. It goes down into the valley but it also goes to the mountain tops. A lot of difficult realities are… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
From stoplights to skyscrapers, turn anywhere in civilization and you will see imagination at work. It's in our inventions, advances and remedies and how… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
My brothers were the ones who taught me about mythology and storytelling, and showed me how to do stop-motion animation. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite down about… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
If humanity is being swallowed by a modern primitivism, imagination might be the thing that saves us all. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
I think there are many more stories still to be told about women. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
There is so much talent out there and not quite as much opportunity. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
If you do the math, films featuring women are a good investment. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
Characters who experience great trauma will sometimes create an escape. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
