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.
Become your dream, and not be told what you are supposed to do.
Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.
I'm very Southern in the way I walk in the world. I love to laugh. I love to eat. I love to hug people. But if somebody makes me mad, my neck may roll. I can be aggressive with a Southern twang.
Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.
I grew up playing with kids from Hurt Village, playing with kids from other housing projects, Lamar Terrace, because my grandmother lived in that particular area. So, I always wondered how I would have turned out if I would have lived in that particular given circumstance.
I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others.
Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences of color and continue to go out to our community and create a continuous connection that extends beyond the one black show in the season.
Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.
Through school, I saw plenty of theatre my parents weren't necessarily up on. They would prefer a football game to watching 'The Nutcracker,' and that's fine. I enjoy both.
I have so many different voices and stories to tell.
I started writing because I got so frustrated that there weren't enough plays that had roles for young black women in them.
