"I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race."

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Source : "Art Talk with Playwright Katori Hall". Interview with Paulette Beete, www.arts.gov. May 28, 2015.

Katori Hall

#Writing Quotes #Race Quotes

“To become the enemy, see yourself as the enemy of the enemy”
“Only through art can we get outside of ourselves and know another's view of the universe which is not the same as ours and see landscapes which otherwise would remain unknown to us like the landscapes of the moon. Thanks to art, instead of seeing a single world, our own, we see it multiply until we have before us as many worlds as there are original artists.”
“The old saying is true: If you have only the Word, you dry up. If you have only the Spirit, you blow up. But if you have both, you grow up.”
“The more we all help each other, the more we all benefit. So go out there. Help others.”
“I would not want to forget the first time I read The Lord of the Rings. I would never want to forget that! That was so magical to me, and that was a real eye-opening experience. I was probably 11 when I read that and already a reader, but I think that book really showed me how you can be transported and how your imagination can take you to a whole other place.”
“I really like oysters, and I won't eat them alone. They're just a weird thing to eat by yourself.”
“The road to revolution involves openness to the people, not imperviousness to them; it involves communion with the people, not mistrust.”
“It is not so difficult to win love as to keep it!”

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