“At the presidential level, everybody knows that Hillary Clinton is going to stand up for women's reproductive rights.” Quote by Stephanie Schriock
“If your work is solid, it really doesn't matter what people you know because good work starts to rise to the top.” PeopleIfsKnowsMatterGood Work Author:Ava DuVernay
“I was talking to Shonda Rhimes the other day and I said, "I. Do. Not. Know. How. You. Do. This." While we're writing episode 10, episode 6 is shooting, episode 3 is in the edit, and episode 2 is in its color session...You've got seven episodes in different parts! It's a wild, wild, wild ride, which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was badass and amazing.” KnowsWritingSaidDifferentTalkingKnow HowColorSevenEnjoyedShootingEpisodesBadassSessionEditsWild Ride Author:Ava DuVernay
“Most of us think prison is a place where bad people go - which is what I thought for a long time - until you really start to look inside the system and you see, this is not right.” PeopleThinkingLooksLongLong TimePrisonBad People Author:Ava DuVernay
“We're living based on laws and ideas that we, as a society, embraced back in the days of slavery.” IdeasLawSlavery Author:Ava DuVernay
“By the end of the documentary [ '13th'], you really understand what prison is, what the prison industrial complex is, where this whole Black Lives Matter movement comes from, the history of resistance, the history of how politicians have used criminality over the decades for a particular political gain. It's to give people an understanding of it so they can make their own decisions about how they want to be in the world.” PeopleWorldWantGivingEndsMatterWholePoliticalUsedUnderstandingBlackDecisionMovementParticularPoliticianGainsPrisonComplexesDecadesResistanceDocumentariesBlack Lives MatterCriminalityBlack Lives Author:Ava DuVernay
“Because my mom always told me that I could. From a very early age, I felt comfortable leading.” AgeFeltMomComfortableMy MomMy Mom Always Told Me Author:Ava DuVernay
“I did not have any problem with speaking up because my mother, my family, my grandmother, my aunt - I grew up in a family dominated by women - always encouraged me to do so. And if a girl is unafraid, then the world is her oyster.” IfsWorldProblemMotherGirlGrewGrew UpMy FamilyGrandmotherMy GrandmotherAuntOystersUnafraidSpeaking Up Author:Ava DuVernay
“I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.” AdviceHappenings Author:Ava DuVernay
“It's very nourishing and collaborative - kind of the true essence of what one would want an artistic collaboration to be [the collaboration with Oprah Winfrey].” WantKindEssenceArtisticCollaboration Author:Ava DuVernay
“I'm a huge Dirty Dancing fan. I feel like I should be reading [William] Shakespeare, but I'm watching Baby not be in a corner.” FeelsShouldReadingFansHugeBabyDancingCornersDirty Author:Ava DuVernay