- Someone yelled at me once, 'You never write about yourself.' People used to get so mad at me for that. But my definition of myself is completely up for grabs. I'm everywhere, just like we all are.
- Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history.
- [on the death of playwright Ntozake Shange] The range of ferocity she had is important to note...The kind of trailblazing Ntozake did can be exhausting, but bless her brilliant sister-heart for fighting those battles for us. But again, to describe her is ultimately limiting. If you read her work - and read it aloud - you will get her words, and you will get her.
- ''Native Son" is beautiful and compelling and moving and frightening. Richard Wright already invented the wheel. My job as the adapter is to roll the wheel forward.
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