I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself..

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men..

Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell..

I've had frank conversations with theaters who say, 'We love your play, but we've already done a play by another black person this year,' or 'I don't….

We expect our leaders to be godlike. But I feel that when people try to sanctify leadership, it puts it out of the realm of regular people. And that'….

Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence..

Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress..

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 t….

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers..

You don’t know what’s going to happen in the end, and that’s what the best plays are..

It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge..

Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun. You don't know everything, and tha….

Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience..

Serendipity always rewards the prepared..

I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race..