Everyone else thinks I’m a nonfiction writer. I think it’s because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in equal measure. I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself, and I get to make up the rules of the world that I’m writing. Roxane Gay Read Quote
It’s disheartening that people think that Donald Sterling is the outlier and that he’s the exception and not the rule. Roxane Gay Read Quote
I think Lena Dunham is a very bright and very interesting writer, and what she’s accomplished at such a young age absolutely impresses me. Roxane Gay Read Quote
People don’t want to think… I mean, they don’t! They just want to say, ‘Oh, okay, feminists are humorless man-haters,’ and that’s simply not the case. There are radical people and radical ideas in absolutely every movement, but that doesn’t mean they define the ideals. Roxane Gay Read Quote
I would love for everyone to be a feminist, but I have to respect people’s choices. If you don’t want to be a feminist and don’t want to claim feminism, that’s entirely your right. Roxane Gay Read Quote
I think one of the most important things we can do as feminists is acknowledge that, even though we have womanhood in common, we have to start to think about the ways in which we’re different, how those differences affect us, and what kinds of needs we have based on our differences. Roxane Gay Read Quote
I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist. Roxane Gay Read Quote
I think that everyone in one way or another has some sort of body issue. There’s something about themselves physically that they’re not happy with, that they’re ashamed of, that they keep constantly trying to change. Roxane Gay Read Quote
Want nothing but the best for your friends because when your friends are happy and successful, it’s probably going to be easier for you to be happy. Roxane Gay Read Quote
Day after day with them, I see more and more of my parents in me. I see where all my quirks come from. I see my future. Roxane Gay Read Quote
