Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun. You don't know everything, and that is so okay, because there are many people who want to help you along your journey. I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

We expect our leaders to be godlike. But I feel that when people try to sanctify leadership, it puts it out of the realm of regular people. And that's where the greatest leaders come from - from the people.

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.

Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.

Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.

I've had frank conversations with theaters who say, 'We love your play, but we've already done a play by another black person this year,' or 'I don't think the kind of people you write about are the ones our audience wants to see'... Up and coming young black female writers are still struggling to have their voices heard and have their plays produced.