“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.” WayFeltTermWhiteSawsMirrorsTicketsBroadway Author:Katori Hall
“It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.” GivingPlayRunningDramaCrossesBridgesExpensiveSubtitles Author:Katori Hall
“If I am truly free, who can tell me how much of my freedom I can have today?” IfsI CanToday Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“To support whatever is right, and to bring in justice where weve had so much injustice.” JusticeSupportInjustice Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.” KindProblemGranted Author:Dorothy Height
“Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness rapidly becomes trivial. And darkness without comedy rapidly becomes unbearable.” ThinkingTermPerfectDarknessComedyHumourPhrasesUnbearableSeriousnessBedfellows Author:Mark Haddon
“It's hard to know more about a person's life than what that person wants you to know.” KnowsWantPersonsHard Book:Trailerpark Source: Trailerpark
“When an old man and a young man work together, it can make an ugly sight or a pretty one, depending on who's in charge. If the young man's in charge or won't let the old man take over, the young man's brute strength becomes destructive and inefficient, and the old man's intelligence, out of frustration, grows cruel and inefficient. Sometimes the old man forgets that he is old and tries to compete with the young man's strength, and then it's a sad sight. Or the young man forgets that he is young and argues with the old man about how to do the work, and that's a sad sight, too.” IfsMenTryingSometimesTogetherYoungGrowsForgetSightUglyArguingYoung ManDestructiveFrustrationWorking TogetherOld ManBrutes Book:Trailerpark Source: Trailerpark
“Early on my career, I figured out that I just have to write the book I have to write at that moment. Whatever else is going on in the culture is just not that important. If you could get the culture to write your book, that would be great. But the culture can't write your book.” IfsWritingImportantBookMomentsWould BeCultureCareersThat Moment Author:Colson Whitehead