Katori Hall Quotes

Katori Hall is an American activist, playwright, journalist, and actress from Memphis, Tennessee. Hall's best known work include Hurt Village, Our Lady of Kibeho, Children of Killers, and The Mountaintop. Wikipedia  

✵ 10. May 1981
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“My mother said I was a weird child. I had about 15 imaginary friends and talked to myself, a lot. I still do sometimes - I love the power of pretend. Now I channel all those voices into my characters. It's probably a saner outlet.”

On gravitating towards the dramatic arts even at an early age in “Katori Hall: 'I've had two hours sleep!'” https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/mar/23/katori-hall-the-mountaintop-review in The Guardian (2010 Mar 23)

“Playwrights are the most gregarious writers—to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers. So whenever I have to go back into my writing cocoon, I get a little scared to be alone. But that's when the voices come to you. Silence is the start.”

On needing solitary time to produce works in “5 Ways Katori Hall Gave In to Life, Love and Her Own Creativity” http://www.oprah.com/spirit/katori-hall-playwright-interview-the-mountaintop-play#ixzz65lY0pzMR in O Magazine

“I always say that I’m a writer who writes more from place than race.”

On the theme that she most explores in “Art Talk with Playwright Katori Hall” https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2015/art-talk-playwright-katori-hall (National Endowment of the Arts; 2015 May 28)

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