Black Quote by Sonia Sanchez

I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.

— Maya Angelou

I write about spirituality not so we get strong from within and achieve some state of nirvana and then distance ourselves from the real…

— Susan L. Taylor

I write for myself and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving…

— August Wilson

I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for…

— Mara Brock Akil

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

We need to encourage black women to know that they are authors of their own destiny, that they have important stories to tell, and…

— Michaela Coel

There are places and spaces for black writers to write about race as a central thing. It's important. We're still dealing with the remnants…

— Kwame Alexander

There's some places where it will be a white person telling you that they can write for Black people better than you can. That's…

— Janelle James

There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in America.

— August Wilson

I got into the business because I love writing. When it came down to finding my voice, which every writer has to take time…

— Lena Waithe

In Britain, we need to start presenting the option of being a writer in front of black women. We need to present the idea…

— Michaela Coel

I write the black experience in America, and contained within that experience, because it is a human experience, are all the universalities.

— August Wilson