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I think someone like Khandi Alexander, who's now on 'Treme,' is one of the most extraordinary actresses I've seen in years. But she's dependent on someone brilliant like David Simon to realize that and to give her a forum. Tyler Perry's not interested in that kind of nuance because it doesn't sell.

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Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

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Broadway is not about surprises. It's about rewarding the putrid, formulaic crap that makes Broadway Broadway.

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I was an actor for a little bit. That's when I started to understand fiction - and that one of the great things about fiction is that you're dependent on the characters as much as they're dependent on you.

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Racism seduces us with its desire to categorize, shutting out the living and breathing and 'different' world all around us.

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Julius Eastman is the kind of American genius not enough people know about.

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Dramas about addiction can be exciting to watch. And then dispiriting. Exciting because degradation is fascinating to follow from the relative safety and smugness of an 'appropriate' life, and dispiriting because if all that sad mayhem can happen to this or that character, what's to keep it from happening to me or you?

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I am always attracted to people who are not myself but are.

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I never feel like I've done anything. Swear to God. I'm not kidding. So it's always a surprise when somebody asks me to do anything.

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I think writing is an act of remembrance, I think that Instagram is an act of remembrance, and I think curating a show is an act of memory, too.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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