“'Hurt Village' is based on a real housing project in Memphis, about th...” — Katori Hall Quote

“'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.'”

“I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue.”

“I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment of pause on April 4th - he was just a statue to me. I wanted to make him a little bit more real to me as a human being.”

“The thing is about Cheech & Chong, we've brought more families together than Dr. Phil.”

“To me, I'm honored to be able to talk to and interview people like Dr. Harry Edwards and Emmitt Smith, and just to be able to ask them questions is an unbelievable opportunity. I'm not a journalist. I have no idea about that. My wife is 10 times the writer that I am. I'm not going to be on that level.”

“From my perspective, as the owner of a home-construction company and host of several home-renovation TV shows, the state of 24 Sussex Dr. is a completely non-partisan issue.”