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Famous Roxane Gay Quotes
“I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.”
“Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.”
“If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.”
“My dad is a workaholic so I take after him in this respect.”
“I don't know that anyone in the United States is taught to rest.”
“I'll learn how to rest, though. I can still learn new tricks.”
“I write toward both idealism and reality - how things are and how I wish they could be.”
“I never imagined any of the success I am currently experiencing.”
“I am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition.”
“I don't want the success to go away. I don't want it to seem unearned.”
“I read constantly because there is so much to learn from the writing in the world.”
“Most of the time, writing is a lot of fun, and not a small amount of self-medication.”