I'm still alive. And I'm still fabulous.
Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience.
Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.
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'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.
Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.
Serendipity always rewards the prepared.
Love can do all but raise the Dead.
Vampires are people too. They've got their own problems, they just drink blood.
Ship small art. Then, ship medium art. Then, ship world-changing, scary, change-your-underwear art.
I don't have a sprinter's body.