Vera Stark Is A Fabulous Force Of

It Is A Dangerous Time To Be A Black Woman In America. It’s A Time When We Are Not Safe In The Streets Or At Home Or At School Or At Work And Nobody Seems To Be Able To Do Anything About It. Nobody. Not Us. Not Our Mommas. Not The Police. Not The People We Elected To Look Out For Our Interests. Nobody. We’re Just Out Here. (p.53)

I Think All Negotiations Should Take Place At A Round Table And Everybody Should Have To Rotate Counterclockwise Once An Hour So That Even The Perception Of Head Of The Table, Or Foot, Are Ritually Obliterated.

I've Never Been To Paris. I Don't Like To Fly!

When I Got To The End Of This Play, I Realized I Was Trying To Make Angel Do Something That Had Not Been Justified By The Characters And By Their Story . . .. I Kept Trying To Force It, But That Doesn't Work. So I Had To Come To Terms With What It Meant For Me To Create A Character Who Doesn't Triumph.

...freedom Can Be A Full-time Job If You Let It.