Because my mom always told me that I could. From a very early age, I felt comfortable leading.
Ava DuVernayThe idea that we criminalize fellow human beings based on optics, based on the need to progress in politics and gain power, and for economic reasons and financial reasons, for financial gains, and we throw out humanization for criminalization.
Ava DuVernayI think good publicists are just like good mommies - always looking out, making sure folks are comfortable and making sure that folks are on time and making sure that folks are getting what they need and know what they need to do.
Ava DuVernayI don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.
Ava DuVernay