“Voice isn't fixed or unmalleable, it adapts to the characters you are creating and the story being told. I suppose in some way that's true in life - a little flexibility goes a long way.” WayLittlesLongCharacterStoriesVoiceCreatingFixedFlexibilityLong Way Author:Ayana Mathis
“I really, deeply believe in the primacy of character. I believe that my job as a writer is to put a believable human being on a page.” BelieveHumansCharacterJobsI BelieveHuman BeingsPagesBelievableReally DeepPrimacy Author:Ayana Mathis
“I think that if you just write your characters you end up with something that people can access.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingEndsCharacterAccess Author:Ayana Mathis
“I couldn't imagine a book with many characters in it and one of them not being gay. It would have felt like a glaring and problematic omission for me. But I also wanted to write that character as a person, not just a gay person.” WritingBookCharacterImagineGayBeing Gay Author:Ayana Mathis