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" Being on Netflix lets us be experimental. We can do crazy things. "
Lena Waithe
Being
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" Always maintain your composure. "
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" I wrote 'Twenties' back in 2009. I always wanted to tell a story where a queer black woman was the protagonist, and I'm so grateful to TBS for giving me a platform to tell this story. "
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" I feel like I wanna have a series of moments. It's scary when they say you're having a moment, because moments are momentary. "
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" Queer black characters have been the sidekick for long enough. It's time for us to finally take the lead. "
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" I definitely have been very mindful of what kind of leader and creator I want to be. A lot of that has to with looking at the writers that you work with. They're all like your children. They all need love, but different versions of it. "
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" You have to write and develop and wait for the world to catch up to your art. "
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" To be yourself is truly a revolutionary act, and I think more and more people should try it, because it's gotten me a pretty cool life. "
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" I can't stop my comedic voice. "
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" Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay black female is. "
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" People always go, 'Damn, how you got all this happening at once?' I tell them it's the Chicago in me. "
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Chicago
People
" There's so many other talented women of color who write funny things every day, and I want them to be recognized, I want them to have a seat at the table because we're out here. "
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Women
" My mother was born into a segregated America. How crazy is that? "
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Mother
Born
" To be a black person is to come from a long bloodline of survivors and storytellers, with a resilience that people can't even comprehend. "
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Resilience
Person
" The things that make us different, those are our superpowers. "
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Different
Us
Things
" With success always comes mimicry. "
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Always
Success
" One of my favorites is 'Parks and Recreation.' Great show; awesome writing; beautiful, diverse cast. They also have a very diverse writer's room, which I love. "
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Beautiful
Writing
Awesome
" If you think you aren't valid for whatever reason, let my existence and the way the world embraces my existence tell you that you are valid. You deserve to look, live, and walk through the world however you see fit. That's why I find it extremely important to be so out, so black, and so myself. "
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Myself
Walk
World
" I think it's so trite to say you have lead characters. It's like someone saying I'm the lead in my life. "
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You
Saying
Say
" My family still lives in Chicago: my mother, my sister, my nephew, my family is there. So even though I am not living there, I feel very close to it, and I visit very often. "
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I Am
Nephew
Sister
" I hope that people will say that 'she told the truth, she told her truth, she wasn't afraid to live her truth, and she wasn't afraid to live her truth out loud.' That's what I want my legacy to look like. "
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People
Truth
Hope
" I'm proud to carry that torch and be like, 'I'm gay! I'm black! Hang your dreams on me. Hang your hopes on me. I'll carry them to the best of my ability.' "
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Proud
Your Dreams
Best
" I'm writing my story so that others might see fragments of themselves. "
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See
" With 'The Chi,' it's me observing my own city and also pulling some things from themes I've dealt with in my life. "
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