Katori Hall Quotes

It Is Expensive To Give Plays Subtitles, Especially For A Short Run, So Most New Dramas Rarely Cross The Transcontinental Bridge.

Playwrights Are The Most Gregarious Writers - To Get Our Work Done, We Need Actors, Directors, Set Designers.

I Always Felt Like Broadway Was Not For Me - In Terms Of Ticket Price, In Terms Of What Was On There. I Never Saw Myself Reflected In The Mirror Of The Great White Way.

Unlike Films, Which Can Be Easily Disseminated Worldwide Via Dvds And The Internet, Plays Struggle To Find An International Audience.

Like Most Playwrights, I Hate Talkbacks With A Passion That Can Burn A Hole Through Hell.

Sometimes, Unfortunately, Hatred Is More Powerful Than Progress.

Theatre Is An Exclusive Place That Tends To Be Dominated By White Men, Or Dying White Men.

I Always Say That I'm A Writer Who Writes More From Place Than Race.

I've Had Frank Conversations With Theaters Who Say, 'we Love Your Play, But We've Already Done A Play By Another Black Person This Year,' Or 'i Don't Think The Kind Of People You Write About Are The Ones Our Audience Wants To See'... Up And Coming Young Black Female Writers Are Still Struggling To Have Their Voices Heard And Have Their Plays Produced.

You Don’t Know What’s Going To Happen In The End, And That’s What The Best Plays Are.

I'll Never Be August Wilson - But What I Can Be Is More Of Myself.

Cultivating Relationships With People Who've Achieved What You Want To Achieve Makes The Path Fuller And More Fun. You Don't Know Everything, And That Is So Okay, Because There Are Many People Who Want To Help You Along Your Journey. 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.