Quotes About Awareness

Let's not glamorize abuse.

I grew up in a terrible home of abuse and I didn't realize I was in a home of abuse.

There's sometimes an accent on TV and it's like 'are you American?', because I can kind of pick up on it a little bit and I never want to be in that position.

It's hard to accept the truth, especially about yourself.

I haven't taken into account how much I drink. I do drink a lot when I am on stage anyway. You will see me come back and have sips of water. I haven't taken into account how much.

The better-informed we are, the more we can do to make sure what's happening is in our interests and is accountable to us.

The only way we are held accountable is if people know what government is doing.

It's not enough to just not be racist. You've got to be anti-racist. You've got to hold everybody accountable.

It's important for people to listen and take time to watch what's going on in these shows, especially the ones like 'Top Boy' that are painting an accurate picture.

Seeing people ahead of time and getting acquainted with the space you're playing in is important to getting comfortable in that place.

I never watch anything I do. I really would rather just not know at all how I come across.

I think of my actions every day: what seems to be important and what isn't.

There's a lot of racism still alive and still active.

Never go dead for a second on stage. Even if you are doing nothing, do it actively.

Art is activism.

Writing is a form of activism.

The Black Lives Matter movement has spawned all kinds of activism.

I'm an activist.

Even if you can't be an activist every day, when you can be, do it.

I think I'm becoming a climate activist.

One doesn't have to be an activist and start a movement.

Very few of us can stop our lives and become activists.

Literature births activists.

I am grateful to the activists and women who created the Black Lives Matter movement because I feel like they let me know I wasn't crazy.