Canada Quote by Emma Donoghue

I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay.

— John Boyne

“A text by a minority writer is effective only if it succeeds in making the minority point of view universal. ('The Universal and the…

— Monique Wittig

Of course it is very limiting to be labeled a lesbian or queer writer. We live in a homophobic culture, and even people who…

— Michelle Tea

I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay. But…

— John Boyne

For writers, you just have to have the ability to not restrict your imagination. Men can write about women; women can write about men.…

— Mike O'Malley

I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on them. People don't think your work is quite as…

— James Welch

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be.

— Jim Harrison

It's still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than…

— Cheryl Strayed

As a writer, I must be free to say what is in all the diversity I can command. I regret the distorting prejudices that…

— Jane Rule

When my novels are packaged as exclusively for women, I'm not only cut off from a vital portion of my audience but clearly labelled…

— Lionel Shriver

I believe that a lot of minority writers stress about whether they get pigeonholed in writing about identity stuff, like you can't write about…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When…

— Patti Smith