I write toward both idealism and reality - how things are and how I wish they could be. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Most of the time, writing is a lot of fun, and not a small amount of self-medication. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Good fiction challenges us as much as it entertains and these days, we could do with both of these things. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I was a shy girl, but when I read, I was adventurous. Books made me bolder.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I think Lena Dunham is a very bright and very interesting writer, and what she's accomplished at such a young age absolutely… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one's reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
My dream was to write a book and see it published. I didn't dare imagine anything beyond that, so, I'm trying to… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I recently enjoyed Always Happy Hour by Mary Miller and Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh—both dark, strange, a bit uncomfortable,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I probably write the same story a hundred different ways. I suppose right now I am looking for the 101st different way… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a writer. I've been writing since I was probably four years old - it was nonsense, but… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Writing has always allowed me to escape. I was a very lonely child. Because I was very socially awkward, I would always… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Definitely, there is a sense in my writing that people now know me in a personal way. And to an extent, that's… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Knowing that a story needs to be told is a great motivator, even if telling a given story comes at a price.… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
When I'm editing my work, I'm looking for everything to fit, to feel seamless, for every detail or line of dialogue or… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I am nowhere near as brave as people believe me to be. As a writer, armed with words, I can do anything,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
My fiction is a very accurate reflection of the world we live in. Certainly, in some stories, that reflection is amplified but… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I cut an imposing figure. I am large, and I'm tall, and I have tattoos. I am actually really quiet and shy,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Everyone else thinks I'm a nonfiction writer. I think it's because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Human endurance fascinates me, probably too much because more often than not, I think of life in terms of enduring instead of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share
No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share
Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share
“I've noticed while cooking, how ingredients in their individual and naked state and be a bit repulsive but necessary, kind of like people.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share
“I shouted, “This is not right,” knowing my words were useless. There’s no room for such distinctions in a country where too many people… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
“What about other women of color? For Hispanic and Latina women, Indian women, Middle Eastern women, Asian women, their absence in popular culture is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
There has been, and there will continue to be, vigorous discussions about race in America. I worry that little will come of these discussions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. — Roxane Gay Copy Share
“I knew I was in love with The Hunger Games when I did not want to get off the treadmill” — Roxane Gay Copy Share
“Celebrities understand the economy of thinness, and most of them are willing to participate in that economy, taking to social media, where they pose… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
