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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
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People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.
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I probably write the same story a hundred different ways. I suppose right now I am looking for the 101st different way to write that same story. And the 102nd, and 103rd and 111th and 133rd.
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Oftentimes, when a woman demands accountability, respect, or consideration, she is crazy or nagging or whatever.
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I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing.
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Nemeses aren't born. They are made.
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It's gut instinct that helps me determine how to write a story. I love the surreal because I am faced with the challenge of making the unbelievable believable. That challenge is thrilling.
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I love Twitter. It doesn't keep me from writing and I think it's a really convenient scapegoat when the truth is that the real issue is self-control. I am totally fine admitting i have none. I'm not going to blame Twitter for affecting my writing. And also, Twitter doesn't affect my writing.
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I am interested in intense, unbreakable emotional connections and oftentimes, such connections can be found between siblings.
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I read constantly because there is so much to learn from the writing in the world.
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Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.
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I am new to superhero comics, though growing up I read Archie comics, religiously. I've been doing a lot of catching up, reading what's out there and it's been wonderful to see what's going on in contemporary comics.
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The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question, all of it is invigorating.
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You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious.
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I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.
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I live in the middle of nowhere and I'm an insomniac. I just make the time and I read and write really fast so that makes a lot possible for me. I wish I had an explanation for it. I'm grateful for it.
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My tweeting is cool and calm unless I am riled up about something and then I just surrender to the fury of my fingers.
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Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.
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When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.
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My fiction is a very accurate reflection of the world we live in. Certainly, in some stories, that reflection is amplified but America elected a man who enjoys grabbing women by their pussies.
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Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.
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