“I think being consistent is really important. In the arts there's a misconception that you sit around waiting for the muse to come, and that it's all really mystical and mysterious. In reality, sometimes you have to fake it till you make it.” ThinkingArtImportantSometimesRealityWaitingMysteriousFakeConsistentMuseMysticalMisconception Author:Ayana Mathis
“I'm wary of being put in boxes. But at the same time, it's important that I embrace my identity as a writer who happens to be gay, and in my own way I do that.” ImportantIdentityGayEmbrace Author:Ayana Mathis
“I think of my success as a kind of fluke. How else could I possibly think of it? And although it's a banal thing to say, I wrote my book because I was writing my book. At first I didn't know I was writing it, and one of the amazing things that happened as I was putting sentences down on paper is that some of the things that are most sacred and important to me rose to the surface of the prose.” ThinkingWritingKindImportantBookRoseProse Author:Ayana Mathis