Author: Mara Brock Akil

Quotes

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

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'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

With 'Girlfriends,' even with 'The Game,' or even with 'Being Mary Jane,' I didn't get a chance to wrap up the story and, more specifically, show love.

With 'Girlfriends,' even with 'The Game,' or even with 'Being Mary Jane,' I didn't get a chance to wrap up the story and, more specifically, show love.

- Mara Brock Akil

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

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

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 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

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