Quotes by Katori Hall

Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.

— Katori Hall

Wisdom

Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you.

— Katori Hall

Hope

Serendipity always rewards the prepared.

— Katori Hall

Wisdom

I'm very opinionated, very intelligent and not afraid to show that.

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Wisdom

In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.

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Life

Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences of color and continue to go out to our community and create a continuous connection that extends beyond the one black show in the season.

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Success

I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment of pause on April 4th - he was just a statue to me. I wanted to make him a little bit more real to me as a human being.

— Katori Hall

Life

I'm very Southern in the way I walk in the world. I love to laugh. I love to eat. I love to hug people. But if somebody makes me mad, my neck may roll. I can be aggressive with a Southern twang.

— Katori Hall

Love

Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.

— Katori Hall

Success

I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.

— Katori Hall

Wisdom

I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.

— Katori Hall

Wisdom

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

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Success

'Hurt Village' is based on a real housing project in Memphis, about three minutes away from the Lorraine Hotel where Dr. King was assassinated, so in my work I'm focusing on a very specific area in Memphis. I see 'Hurt Village' as a natural extension of 'The Mountaintop.'

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Success

We expect our leaders to be godlike. But I feel that when people try to sanctify leadership, it puts it out of the realm of regular people. And that's where the greatest leaders come from - from the people.

— Katori Hall

Wisdom

Become your dream, and not be told what you are supposed to do.

— Katori Hall

Hope

I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.

— Katori Hall

Success

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.

— Katori Hall

Wisdom

I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue.

— Katori Hall

Wisdom

I have so many different voices and stories to tell.

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Wisdom

I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being.

— Katori Hall

Life

I started writing because I got so frustrated that there weren't enough plays that had roles for young black women in them.

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Wisdom

I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others.

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Wisdom

It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.

— Katori Hall

Wisdom

Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.

— Katori Hall

Wisdom