John Ridley (born 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, novelist, television showrunner and writer known for 12 Years a Slave and Three Kings. Read full biography of John Ridley →
I'm John the Fourth, so I think there's a lot of things in life that have been truly handed to me by the hard work and the pain of others.
I'm sorry, but chick fights are sexy. If you don't think so, you're either an uptight woman or a lying man.
I've never been much of a European traveler. London once on a book tour, and Italy because that's where Ferraris are from. That's about... →
I've written films that are violent. I'm not big on sitting and watching violence.
If some of us can get an Oscar for extolling that it's hard out there for a pimp, why can't others of us admonish: 'Then quit acting like... →
Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be found in any successful person.
Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.
Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.
There is not a country on earth whose people don't deserve to be free and safe.
I haven't tweeted once in my life, but I'm sick of hearing about it already. What once may have been the cool way of letting a hundred people... →
I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them again. I hope I'm savvy enough to do... →
Seriously, you know - I love to write. I enjoy the process; I enjoy the different processes, because writing for film and television and graphic... →
So, is Hollywood anti-religion? Not in my opinion. But unlike, say, politicians and preachers who talk faith before going off to speak in tongues to... →
John Ridley (born 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, novelist, television showrunner and writer known for 12 Years a Slave and Three Kings.