Katori Hall Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“'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.'”

“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.”

“I grew up playing with kids from Hurt Village, playing with kids from other housing projects, Lamar Terrace, because my grandmother lived in that particular area. So, I always wondered how I would have turned out if I would have lived in that particular given circumstance.”

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

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