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Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story.

Lena Waithe

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Lena Waithe
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: May 17
Actor
Film Producer
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Screenwriter
Showrunner
Chicago
Illinois
Lena D. Waithe
Lena D Waithe
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