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Roxane Gay Quotes

Everyone else thinks I'm a nonfiction writer. I think it's because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in equal measure. 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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american

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Love Myself Writing World Think

I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is very exemplary in her way. I look a lot like her, so I just had to do the opposite. Not that I got bad grades, but I was all about performance and just finding any way that I could to be involved in any kind of production.

Jennifer Garner

Path Sister Performance Finding Look

I've always felt the connection between clothing and confidence, which is why I probably was such a shopaholic.

Confidence Connection Why Clothing

I can see there's a connection between not following normal thinking and doing creative thinking. I wouldn't have had good scientific ideas if I had thought more normally.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

Good Creative Ideas Thinking Thought

Well you know, I think a lot of us in marriage know that you play different roles at different times. And Mitt can get very intense, and I can have the ability to kind of talk him off the rails sometimes and say, 'Hey let's look at what is really important and let's do that now.'

Marriage Think You Look I Can Play

I'm a very competitive person... I've run 12 marathons! I kayaked around Manhattan 29 miles in October! I ran the Berkshire Hathaway 5K! And I want every part of the business to compete - and play to win.

Business Win Person Play Want Run

At Rochester, I came with the same emotions as many of the entering freshman: everything was new, exciting and a bit overwhelming, but at least nobody had heard of my brothers and cousins.

Emotions Nobody New Cousins Same

I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night.

Night Mad Said Mark Agree Twain

Running the test suite like this allows us to catch problems when they are just introduced.

Miguel de Icaza

Problems Test Catch Us Just Like

Sister Virginia used to say, 'You'll be known by the company you keep.'

Michael Scheuer

Sister You Say Company Used Keep

I never wanted to marry Roger Clemens. I wanted him to do right by his family.

Family Never Right Him Marry Wanted

The first book I ever bought for myself was 'One Fish Two Fish' by Dr. Seuss. My favourite page shows two children carrying an enormous glass jar up some stairs in the dark. In the jar is a tusked beflippered creature floating in brine.

Children Myself Book Fish Stairs

Until the administration can articulate a coherent and convincing policy for closing Guantanamo, it should remain open.

Closing Open Policy Administration

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