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I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that. Katori Hall
Jealous Me People Think Above Because Than Get Did Wanted Might Much Used Nicer
Most of the time, when I'm writing, I'm writing for myself. I'm thinking, 'What will my character say at this time? What will come out of her mouth?' I create individuals so real to me, I sometimes start talking to them. Then I let them loose on the page. Katori Hall
Time Myself Character Me Writing Sometimes Will Mouth Thinking Say Out Individuals Come Most Talking Loose Real Them Then Create Page Her Start
Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun. Katori Hall
You People Path Achieve Relationships More Makes Cultivating Achieved Want Fuller Fun
I'm very Southern in the way I walk in the world. I love to laugh. I love to eat. I love to hug people. But if somebody makes me mad, my neck may roll. I can be aggressive with a Southern twang. Katori Hall
Love Me People World Walk Somebody Hug Aggressive Way Laugh Mad Eat Makes Very Southern Roll May Twang Neck
I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being. Katori Hall
People Human Being Web Never Read Comments Article Human Being Mean Ever Below
As a black woman who grows up in a predominantly white neighborhood, you learn how to perform a 'good' version of yourself. And then when you're with your home girls, you're saying all kinds of stuff that sounds all kinds of crazy, but you understand each other because you're speaking the way that you're comfortable with. Katori Hall
Saying Good Home Crazy You Woman Yourself Black Girl White Other Way Neighborhood Kinds Perform Stuff Learn Comfortable Because Understand How Sounds Version Up Then Your Speaking Who Each Grows
Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress. Katori Hall
Progress Sometimes Hatred More Powerful Than Unfortunately
I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others. Katori Hall
Me Better Try Vice Versa Think Others Would Kinds Writer Better Writer Know Makes Versa Roles Being Vice Them Create Actor Play
It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge. Katori Hall
Dramas Run Rarely Cross Give New Most Short Expensive Subtitles Bridge Plays
'Hurt Village' is based on a real housing project in Memphis, about three minutes away from the Lorraine Hotel where Dr. King was assassinated, so in my work I'm focusing on a very specific area in Memphis. I see 'Hurt Village' as a natural extension of 'The Mountaintop.' Katori Hall
Work Hurt Natural King Three Project Focusing See Memphis Minutes About Area Hotel Housing Real Very Mountaintop Where Village Based Away Specific Dr Dr. King Extension
Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men. Katori Hall
Theatre Men White Tends Exclusive Dominated Dying Place
Through school, I saw plenty of theatre my parents weren't necessarily up on. They would prefer a football game to watching 'The Nutcracker,' and that's fine. I enjoy both. Katori Hall
Game Theatre School Parents Enjoy Saw Plenty Would Fine Both Through Football Football Game Were Up Prefer Necessarily Watching
I started writing because I got so frustrated that there weren't enough plays that had roles for young black women in them. Katori Hall
Women Writing Black Young Enough Had Because Got Were Roles Frustrated Them Started Plays
Stage is so important because it teaches me how to convey character with words - how to convey how a character reacts by the way they appear on stage. I can usually tell a playwright from someone who has never written for the stage. Did the character work? Did the dialogue reveal who the character is? Kelly Masterson
Work Character Me Words Important Stage Playwright Way Tell Someone Never Written Because Reveal How Dialogue Did Convey Teaches Who Appear
The work I did on 'Killing Kennedy' was very meticulous and, in some ways, actually tedious. It was hard work because there is so much known about John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald. To try to distill that into a clear narrative that's interesting and tells two great stories was a real challenge. Kelly Masterson
Work Hard Work Great Try Challenge Oswald Ways Harvey Tells John Some John F. Kennedy About Clear Great Stories Known Because Narrative Real Meticulous Lee Very Did Stories Interesting Much Hard Actually Kennedy Two Tedious
I came to success very late in life. Kelly Masterson
Life Success Late Came Very
As a writer, I'm limitless. Kelly Masterson
Writer Limitless
The thrill of doing 'Good People' is I love those kinds of stories, and I'm good at them, and it's wonderful to see that material given to a terrific director and a terrific cast. Kelly Masterson
Love Good Director People Wonderful Good People Those Kinds See Thrill Given Cast Terrific Material Doing Doing Good Stories Them
I had written for the theater and didn't know that I knew how to write for film. Ultimately, I think it's just trusting your voice, trusting your characters, and then telling them in a different medium. Kelly Masterson
Think Medium Characters Telling Voice Write Had Written Knew Know How Ultimately Trusting Just Different Theater Them Then Your Film
I will tell you that I'm a bit of a snob. I love film, and I would like to work in film, and I'm disappointed that indie film is as hard as it is to work in now. It's hard to get things done, but that sort of work is being done on TV. That's what I do; that's what I write. It's what I love, and hopefully, that's what my future's going to be. Kelly Masterson
Work Love Future You Will Bit Tell TV Hopefully Would Indie Indie Film Write Disappointed Like Sort Snob Get Done Going Being Being Done Hard Film Now Things
All my work is always that exploration of human nature. Kelly Masterson
Work Nature Human Nature All My Work Always Human Exploration
Sometimes I will click on a random sequence of notes- not to actually use it in a song, but to see if I can find maybe a simple pattern that I can build off of. Ken Hill
Song Simple Sometimes Random Will Build Find See Click Off Maybe Pattern Notes Use Sequence Actually
If you are making music for other people, you will have to be aware of how people relate to it. Ken Hill
Music You People Will Other Relate How Making Aware
The human voice sounds thicker with a chorus and reverb than a dry signal. Ken Hill
Signal Voice Dry Sounds Than Human Chorus Thicker Human Voice
If our main goal is to connect emotionally, we should want to have as many tools as we possibly can to achieve that goal. The more abilities that we have, the more choices we can make musically. Ken Hill
Achieve Tools Our Musically Possibly Ability More Main Emotionally Make Goal Want Choices Should Connect Many
Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up. Ken Hill
You Will Sit Minds Like Dry Without Up Soaking Anything Flowers
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