“Human endurance fascinates me, probably too much because more often than not, I think of life in terms of enduring instead of… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“There are years and years of my life I can’t remember a thing about. A family member will say, “Remember the time… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I appreciate that at least some of who I am rises out of the worst day of my life and I don't… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
The idea of life in France is a utopia where the women are beautiful and they eat cheese all day and wear… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I often tell my students that fiction is about desire in one way or another. The older I get, the more I… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“We tend to believe that accusations of privilege imply we have it easy, which we resent because life is hard for nearly… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“This is the woman who brought us the idea of living our best life, of becoming our most authentic selves. And yet.… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“The story of my life is wanting, hungering, for what I cannot have or, perhaps, wanting what I dare not allow myself… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I have a membership to Planet Fitness, though I have never visited the local facility. Basically, I donate $19.99 a month to… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I loved the escape of writing those stories, of imagining lives that were different from my own. I had a ferocious imagination.… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“What has fascinated me about cooking, and coming to it in the middle of my life, is how it’s actually a really… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“During my twenties, my personal life was the hottest mess. The hottest. It will never be that messy again because I’ve grown… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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You can't control the fact that you are born a white man or born into wealth. When people say, 'Check your privilege,'… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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“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 Image
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 Image
“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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 Image
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
