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" There is an enduring feeling that women can write domestic dramas but don't have the muscularity or the vision to write state-of-the-nation narratives. "

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" I feel like 'Sweat' arrived on Broadway at the moment that it needed to. I feel like a commercial audience was not prepared for 'Ruined' or 'Intimate Apparel' for many different reasons. "

" Ultimately, we're incredibly resilient creatures. People really do get on with the business of living. "

" The presence of a bed changes the way people interact. "

" African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently. "

" I'm a schizophrenic writer. "

" Women are standing up and leaning forward and asserting their power. "

" Before I start, I create a set list that I listen to while I'm writing. For 'Intimate Apparel,' I loaded Erik Satie, Scott Joplin, klezmer music, and the American jazz performer and composer Reginald Robinson. "

" 'Ruined' was a play which was somewhat of an anomaly in that I did not take a commission until it was finished because I really wanted to explore the subject matter unencumbered. Otherwise, I felt as though I'd have the voice of dramaturges and literary managers saying, 'This is great, but we'll never be able to produce it.' "

" I love my people's history. I feel a huge responsibility to tell the stories of my past and my ancestors' past. "

" What I often do when I'm writing, if I can't find that story, I go out and I hunt for it. "

" I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the country. "

" I knew that there was a great deal of depth and life that was sitting just beyond my mother's gaze. "

" The great thing about 'Vera Stark' is that my research was watching movies, screwball comedies, so I could literally sit back and relax. "

" The people sometimes who are closest to us are the ones who bear the brunt of our frustration. "

" We need to diversify the people who are backstage and producing and marketing these shows. It's the limitations of these people that are holding Broadway back. "

" For me, the first thing is to tell a good story. "

" I always describe race as the final taboo in American theatre. There's a real reluctance to have that conversation in an open, honest way on the stage. "

" I need a release from whatever I'm writing. "

" I think folks who are resistant to engaging in art become less so once they encounter art that really reflects them. "

" I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of women of colour in particular. I feel we've been present throughout history, but our voices have been neglected. "

" When I sat in rooms with middle-aged white men, I heard them speaking like young black men in America. They had been solidly middle class for the majority of their working careers, but now they were feeling angry, disaffected, and in some cases, they actually had tears in their eyes. "

" I think of myself as a healing artist. "

" I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I knew that I wanted to somehow tell the stories of the Congolese women caught in the cross-fire. "

" I wrote 'Ruined' and 'Vera Stark' at the same time. That's just how my brain functions - when I'm dwelling someplace very heavy, I need a release. "

" We use metaphors to express our own truths. "

" I like to go into a space, listen, absorb, and then interpret. "

" By and large, the theatre establishment is run by a white majority. "

" My parents are avid consumers of art, collectors of African American paintings, and have always gone to the theater. My mother has always been an activist, too. As long as I can remember, we were marching in lines. "

" I try to be led by my curiosity. "

" The act of saying what you do helps shape you as an artist. "