Katori Hall quotes
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“Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.”
-- Katori HallSource : "Interview: Playwright Katori Hall Reaches for King’s Mountaintop". Interview with Lonna Saunders, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2011.
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“I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.”
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“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.”
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“I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race.”
-- Katori HallSource : "Art Talk with Playwright Katori Hall". Interview with Paulette Beete, www.arts.gov. May 28, 2015.
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“Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.”
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“Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.”
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“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.”
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“Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.”
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“You don’t know what’s going to happen in the end, and that’s what the best plays are.”
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“It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.”
-- Katori Hall
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