Actors Quote by 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

At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published.…

— Walter Mosley

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

Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it's quite theatrical.

— Dylan Moran

The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories and movies.

— Justin Simien

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

But when I do book signings and personal appearances, the audiences are mostly white. Growing up here, I expected that and understand it. Black…

— George Pelecanos

I love television, and my love for it has made me curious about writing it. It feels like television's moving toward something more novelistic,…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Television's very much a writer's medium, as it probably should be, but if you're not the writer, then as the performer, you defer to…

— Jim Gaffigan

I started writing in the '90s, so I was free to just have an eccentric career and not conform to some idea of what…

— Colson Whitehead

I don't think there is any such thing as a black writer or a white writer. Ultimately, there is someone whom one reads.

— Derek Walcott

I feel like I'm put in a position where I have to engage with what people bring to my work, which is an expectation…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins