“Now I write often. I decided that I need to write for myself - I can't really direct other people's material.” Quote by Brady Corbet
“Characters for me are born on page one and they die on page 100.” CharacterDiesBornPages Author:Brady Corbet
“I feel that as a writer and as a performer too. I never really thought about backstory for characters. It was much more of a musical approach: You learn a melody, and then you sing it, I suppose, or you find a rhythm or a cadence that works for the material. And then it's sort of about hitting that note correctly and finding those beats.” FeelsCharacterMaterialsFindingsApproachBeatsNotesMusicalRhythmMelodyPerformersHittingCadence Author:Brady Corbet
“Everyone's different. I mean, some people write journals for their characters and stuff, but that was never really my area.” PeopleWritingMeanDifferentCharacterStuffAreasJournal Author:Brady Corbet
“I did all sorts of cartoons and stuff. And every once in a while I still do. It's rare, but it happens.” StillsHappensStuffCartoon Author:Brady Corbet
“I also think it's crucial to convey that the [Black] Movement largely succeeded because of the unwavering dedication of young people willing to risk their comfort, their safety, their lives.” PeopleThinkingYoungBlackRiskMovementWillingComfortSafetyCrucialDedicationUnwavering Author:Nate Powell
“Nothing surprised me more, and meant more to me, than seeing an entire class of ninth graders mob Congressman [John] Lewis at a book festival.” BookClassSeeingFestivalsCongressman Author:Andrew Aydin
“You cannot understand the politics of today without understanding the Civil Rights Movement and the role it played in our society.” TodayUnderstandingRolesRightsMovementCivil RightsOur SocietyCivil Rights Movement Author:Andrew Aydin
“In so many ways, forces unleashed in response to the Movement have come to dominate our politics, and technology is allowing the same injustices to be seen anew.” WayForceTechnologyMovementResponseInjusticeAllowingUnleashed Author:Andrew Aydin
“I hope March is a guide for today's activists. It took raw courage for young people to volunteer to go to Mississippi in the summer of 1964, and unrelenting faith in the power of democracy to organize such a massive campaign.” PeopleTodayYoungDemocracySummerGuidesCampaignsMarchMassiveActivistOrganizeVolunteerMississippiUnrelenting Author:Andrew Aydin
“The parts of the [Civil Right] Movement we recognize so well now were not born from a single decision, but were a complicated and messy evolution of ideas and spirits, coming together after a long, hard struggle to triumph in moments when the odds seemed the longest.” WellsLongIdeasHardMomentsTogetherSpiritBornDecisionStruggleMovementEvolutionComplicatedTriumphOddsMessyComing TogetherCivil Right Movement Author:Andrew Aydin