Command Quote by Jane Rule

“If Readers have prejudices, that's the writing world we live in. We must decide how to navigate it. We can't please all the Readers…

— June Casagrande

“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

“But my writing won’t ever reflect the diversity that literature in general should be capable of. You need writers whose lives are not like…

— John Scalzi

Early on, I got some criticism from other gay writers and queer theorists for being too 'assimilationist,' probably because my characters are outsiders, even…

— Stephen McCauley

I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more…

— Paula Broadwell

Books can make a difference in dispelling prejudice and building community: not with role models and recipes, not with noble messages about the human…

— Hazel Rochman

It's really important to me to follow the kinds of conversations that happen around diversity and representation and writing inclusive books.

— Becky Albertalli

I am a gay writer, absolutely. And in no way does that fact limit the reach or importance of what I write.

— Garth Greenwell

It is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional characters, we…

— Katherine Paterson

Being honest to who I am led me to write 'If Our Love Is Wrong,' and that allowed me to fully realize the direction…

— Calum Scott

I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available…

— Kevin Sessums

“I’m not beholden to the confirmation of your prejudices; to be perfectly frank, the prospect of confining the female characters in my story to…

— Scott Lynch