“I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines h...” — Ntozake Shange Quote

“I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people's lives.”

“My family moved around a lot, so I don't have any friends that I had all my life, but I did have annual trips back to Queens.”

“Art gives us the opportunity to have clarity as well as hope that we might be able to survive a situation, or hope that we can find a way out of it without too much more injury to ourselves.”

“I think the idea of having the show divided into two parts was that Tom Tom Club opened for Talking Heads in Europe, and it was the best we'd ever had as an opening act.”

“I grew up in a bubble. I just watched TV. I thought that's what you were supposed to do in life: sing and dance and act.”

“On the surface, it's really easy to dismiss certain characters, but sometimes you find that the most interesting parts are disappointingly shallow. It's your job as an actress to pull that person apart, and work out why they act the way that they do.”