Author: Mara Brock Akil

Quotes

I've been having a 20-plus year conversation with black women, starting with 'Girlfriends,' moving through 'The Game,' 'Being Mary Jane,' even 'Sparkle.'

I've been having a 20-plus year conversation with black women, starting with 'Girlfriends,' moving through 'The Game,' 'Being Mary Jane,' even 'Sparkle.'

- Mara Brock Akil

I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.

I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.

- Mara Brock Akil

We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

- Mara Brock Akil

To choose love and jump in not knowing, with a lot of unknowns, is a brave act.

To choose love and jump in not knowing, with a lot of unknowns, is a brave act.

- Mara Brock Akil

I can't disappear. I come from a family of beautiful women, strong women - and 'strong' defined by being themselves.

I can't disappear. I come from a family of beautiful women, strong women - and 'strong' defined by being themselves.

- Mara Brock Akil

I've kinda been an off-Broadway sensation. There aren't a lot of lights or big marquees around my name or my work, yet my core audience knows exactly where I am.

I've kinda been an off-Broadway sensation. There aren't a lot of lights or big marquees around my name or my work, yet my core audience knows exactly where I am.

- Mara Brock Akil

I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

- Mara Brock Akil

When I walk into a room, I know my storytelling has value and I have to sell my idea. I have to help people see the financial value and gain in my work.

When I walk into a room, I know my storytelling has value and I have to sell my idea. I have to help people see the financial value and gain in my work.

- Mara Brock Akil

When you realize you don't own someone, you show up every day to try to make sure they stay in your life.

When you realize you don't own someone, you show up every day to try to make sure they stay in your life.

- Mara Brock Akil

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