Lulu Wang Quotes

I suppose my Iranian identity is one of the driving forces for being a writer: I want to set the record straight about who I really am.

Of course I want the things I write to reflect well on me or anyone who might feel represented by me, but also, I'm not writing a guidebook on how to be or how my people should be seen. I'm telling very specific stories.

For me my work is always being compared to my heritage. It has been quite a challenge unto itself just to drop into my voice and develop my individuated sound.

Diversity in literature is, in part, about representation - who is telling the stories and who stories are told about.

I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power.

I think all Latino actors want to be storytellers first. I want to be an actor first, and then I want to be Latina.

For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity.

I've tried to write from my own understanding of identity in all my comics, whether it's about superheroes or historical conflicts or monkey gods.

I do have a right to talk about my life, to tell my truth from my perspective.

When you talk or write or film, you work with the music inside you, the music that formed you. Different generations have different musics in them, so whatever they do, it's going to come out differently, and it will speak in beats of their own generation.

I wasn't able to relate to anyone on TV growing up, so I wanted to bring my own experiences to the screen.

A culture is made — or destroyed — by its articulate voices.

I grew up watching cinema in my country that wasn't telling stories about us, and we had to find a way to connect, and our references, our role models had nothing to do with us. And I'm so glad that it's changing.

I have always written from a personal place.

Whether it's a film, a television show, an event or a pair of shoes, everything Uninterrupted does comes back to the fundamental belief that every human is multidimensional and should be empowered to share their own story.

I write for my people.

I just wanted to put together the best Latinx writers. I didn't care about the level.They have a passion for 'Vida' in a different way, in a higher way.

I just want to tell black stories.

It's really empowering when you see yourself represented in entertainment and, especially, onstage when you're talking about how this country came to be.

It's more about the music and doing good shows than it is about our ethnicities. We're not trying to label ourselves as the all-around universal ethnic group. It's not a gimmick.

I believe people have the right to tell their own story as honestly and accurately as they can.

I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to bring that to light.

I feel that its important for me to be out there and to represent the face. At the same time, for me as an individual, I think the Asian-American face can be crowded with the American identity.

If I'm going to be the black designer, I'm going to tell it my way.

I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool.