Race Quote by Katori Hall Download Open image “I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race.” — Katori Hall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Race Racism Writing
I do write about race a lot, but I don't think writers - of any shade or background or whatever - have to write… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I don't really consider myself a writer, but I am writing so I guess I'm a writer. — Meital Dohan Copy Share Image
I write about race in America in hopes of undermining the notion of race in America. — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Just because I've written extensively about race doesn't render me incapable of making the same mistakes as the people I've written about. — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that.… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
When you are what we call a 'minority writer,' a writer of color, a writer of any kind of difference, there is some kind… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
I'm felt I was writing about love and desire and community and belonging and grief and a whole host of other issues. But race… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
I'm not saying I have to write a book that's ten times better than my counterparts, but I do think that I have to… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Race as a subject only comes about because of what I look like. If I say something truthfully, people say "Oh, she's so angry."… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
I don't live my life as a writer. I'm a mother, an African-American woman, and I do everything that everybody else does - cook… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
Most of the time, when I'm writing, I'm writing for myself. I'm thinking, 'What will my character say at this time? What will come… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
You don’t know what’s going to happen in the end, and that’s what the best plays are. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
We expect our leaders to be godlike. But I feel that when people try to sanctify leadership, it puts it out of the realm… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
I've had frank conversations with theaters who say, 'We love your play, but we've already done a play by another black person this year,'… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
I think the next 50 years are going to present the human race with challenges that so far exceed the limitations of geopolitical boundaries… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to… — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs. — Sammy Sosa 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
I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you… — Danica Patrick Copy Share Image
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. — William Blake Copy Share Image
If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent that race… — Dwayne McDuffie Copy Share Image
If life were like a competitive race, some people would be given a flying start and others would line up with weights tied to… — Mardy Grothe Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to the whole… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
