Beautiful Quote by Paterson Joseph

There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black.

— Yvonne Orji

Most writers stick to what they know. The black experience is our experience, so it's not that challenging for us. That's why sometimes you'll…

— Lena Waithe

There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.

— James Earl Jones

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

I spent 12 years of my life writing stories without black people. That's insane to me. It's insane that I could have believed in…

— Tomi Adeyemi

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

To be Black is the greatest fiction of my life. Yet I'm still bound to its myth. I can't help but think about the…

— RaMell Ross

A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

That existential crisis is something you rarely see portrayed by black characters; the idea that people think about their own existence and that they…

— Boots Riley

There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with our pain.…

— Justin Simien

There was nothing around me that would have given me heroes who happened to be Black. And I don't think anybody can understand how…

— Paterson Joseph

When I started, I was aware of using the black as a rhetorical device. It's understanding that black people come in a wide range…

— Kerry James Marshall