Contemporary Quote by Jessica Hagedorn

Writing about identity can be like maneuvering through a minefield, even when considering contemporary figures who have discussed the subject themselves.

— William J. Mann

I think I started writing about identity, and I used to believe that identity is the story. But now I'm not so much subscribed…

— Helen Oyeyemi

Identity is the history that has gone into bone and blood and reshaped the flesh. Identity is not what we were but what we…

— Nick Joaquín

I have a very healthy dose of scepticism towards what identity is and what personas are, maybe because of my life journey. Identity is…

— Arca

Identity is something everyone struggles with. Everyone wants to fit in and find their place, and it's so hard sometimes.

— Jordyn Woods

Identity is very personal...identity is political. My identity is what is and it is what it's gonna be. And I don't think that any…

— Jamilah Lemieux

I have a hard time isolating what it is in myself that makes me so fascinated with the theme of identity, because I came…

— Scott Turow

Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in.

— Mika

Every one of us at some point in our lives has had the struggle with identity.

— Henry Golding

Identity is marketed in national capitalism as a property. It is something you can purchase, or purchase a relation to. Or it is something…

— Lauren Berlant

There is no "era" of simple, focused, concept-driven identity design. There is only design that grows out of understanding audiences for specific problems, and…

— Ivan Chermayeff

There's no such thing as identity: it's something we have to believe in to make life more tolerable.

— Sebastian Faulks