95 Quotes by Margot Lee Shetterly

A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and are as complex and interesting and variable as any other group of people. We don't often capture that or write about it.

The success of 'Hidden Figures' proves that people are interested in, hungry for, stories about transcendent human experiences.

There is so much talent among our young people; I hope the women in 'Hidden Figures' inspire them.

I want to keep telling stories of ordinary people.

I guess it's inevitable that I would become somebody who would write about scientists.

As a callow 18-year-old leaving for college, I'd seen my home town as a mere launching pad for a life in worldlier locales, a place to be from rather than a place to be.

My dad joined Langley in 1964 as a co-op student and retired in 2004 an internationally respected climate scientist.

Five of my father's seven siblings made their bones as engineers or technologists, and some of his best buddies - David Woods, Elijah Kent, Weldon Staton - carved out successful engineering careers at Langley.

Our next-door neighbour taught physics at Hampton University. Our church abounded with mathematicians. Supersonics experts held leadership positions in my mother's sorority, and electrical engineers sat on the board of my parents' college alumni associations.