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John Ridley Quotes

As an individual, and I have to say as a person of color, the thing about being an 'other' in America is I really feel like you're bilingual. I'm from a small town in Wisconsin, but even when I'm in New York and I'm working for MSNBC or CNN, you're used to being the only black person in the room.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: 1965

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New York Small Color Black America

I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.

Age Time Writing Now Three Way

I think that everything's hard now anyways, so you might as well do stuff that you love and believe in.

Love Believe Think You Now Hard

I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies.

Conflict Battle Always Over Extreme

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

Laughter Comedy Unique Noise Sense

New Orleans life is such a night life. The thing that comes up very often is that our day essentially doesn't start until midnight or 2 in the morning.

Life Morning Day Night Start New

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject - unless there is a sequel, which is unlikely, because at the end, the Lincolns are on their way to the theater.

Best End Doubt Way Vampire See

That vision of a common culture is now simply a remote wistfulness.

Vision Culture Now Common Simply

I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Woman Want Human Human Being Force

I don't think talent or the gift ever goes away.

Christine McVie

Talent Gift Think Away Goes Ever

Like so many kids, I just wanted to fit in, and I see now that I spent most of my life trying to be what I wasn't, trying to get people to like me.

Life People Me My Life Trying Now

My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept a journal at all, I kept it to vent.

Day Habit Me Journal My Own Write

When I was growing up, I cheered and danced and ran and stuff like that. I'm probably thinner now than I was in high school. I had a lot of muscle - a lot of muscle in high school.

School Growing Up High School Growing

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