A Quote by KiKi Layne

It means so much to be a part of bringing James Baldwin's words to life.

KiKi Layne

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Bringing James Life Means Much Part Words

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KiKi Layne
American - Actress
Born: December 10, 1991

It was really always about bringing back [James] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way he analyzes not only this country but also the history of this country, the images that this country is fabricating through Hollywood, and what consequence that has in our imagination.

Raoul Peck

Today, I don't even think that people like [James Baldwin] are possible. He would not have that much room.

Raoul Peck

The name James Baldwin had been around the house for as long as I could remember and meant almost as much as that of Martin Luther King.

Darryl Pinckney

The draining away of James Baldwin's magic was a drama much discussed in the years leading up to his death in 1987 at the age of sixty-three.

Darryl Pinckney

James Baldwin is probably, for me and for many other people, one of the most extraordinary authors in this country, black or white. And he is somebody who changed my life.

Raoul Peck

I'm a big James Baldwin fan.

Patty Griffin

When I was in graduate school, my thesis included both poetry and essays. Influenced by the personal essays of James Baldwin and Norman Mailer, I loved the form, but pretty much stopped.

Stephen Vincent Benet

The role James Baldwin played in my life is incommensurable as stated above. He helped, along with a few others, to shape the man that I am today. My debt to him is invaluable.

Raoul Peck

I love James Baldwin's autobiographical writing.

Carrie Brownstein

I am a big devourer of James Baldwin.

Don Lemon

I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties, when there were not that many authors in whom I could recognize myself, he was an important guide and mentor to me as he was to many others. He helped me understand who I was and decipher the world around me. He gave me the words to defend myself and the argumentative rhetoric to master discussions with others.

Raoul Peck

I went to the library and began to read some stuff on my own. My discovery of James Baldwin was life-changing. I read Go Tell It on the Mountain first, and that was hugely impactful.

Michael Eric Dyson

As much as I love to slay a red carpet hitting the ground running with 'Beale Street' and 'Native Son,' representing two such important voices in James Baldwin and Richard Wright let people know that I'm an artist and I really have something to say with this gift.

KiKi Layne

I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.