“I often tell my students that fiction is about desire in one way or another. The older I get, the more I understand that life is generally the pursuit of desires. We want and want and oh how we want. We hunger.” WritingDesireFictionLife And Living Book:Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Source: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
“If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.” PeopleIfsHumansLeftFictionFlawed Author:Roxane Gay
“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.” WorldWritingI CanLosesFictionBecause I CanWriting Fiction Author:Roxane Gay
“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.” MenWorldStoriesAmericaEnjoyFictionReflectionAccuratePussyGrabbing Author:Roxane Gay
“Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.” WorldPastFictionOffersPast Present Author:Roxane Gay
“Good fiction challenges us as much as it entertains and these days, we could do with both of these things.” ChallengesFictionThese Days Author:Roxane Gay
“That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When characters are unlikable, they don’t meet our mutable, varying standards. Certainly we can find kinship in fiction, but literary merit shouldn’t be dictated by whether we want to be friends or lovers with those about whom we read.” WantCharacterFictionLoversConversationStandardsOddMeritEngagingCourtshipKinshipLiterary Merit Author:Roxane Gay
