It’s always disconcerting when somebody comes over to you on the bus and says, ‘I know who you are.’ Diana Taylor Read Quote
I see racism as institutional: the rules are different for me because I’m black. It’s not necessarily someone’s specific attitude against me; it’s just the fact that I, as a black man, have a much harder time making an art-house movie and getting it released than a white person does about their very white point of view. That’s racism. Justin Simien Read Quote
What a great poem teaches you – and it’s not intellectual at all – is the resonance in the language that’s heard there. This goes back to the very origins of poetry and to the very origins of language. W. S. Merwin Read Quote
I gravitate to rhythmic music, so I listen to jazz, world music, Indian music, Hawaiian music, all kinds. Brian Stokes Mitchell Read Quote
I enjoyed the drama of ‘One Tree Hill,’ and the opportunity to be one of the comedic aspects, initially. Kelsey Chow Read Quote
I want to thank my Eritrean fans for feeling connected to me and for supporting me. I feel extremely grateful. Nipsey Hussle Read Quote
I wrote my first novel in the same conditions as most first novelists – I had a full-time job, I shared an apartment, I had no time – and so I became a compulsive outliner of everything. Ever since then, my process has consisted of trying to forcibly rid myself of that compulsion. Jonathan Dee Read Quote
