What did Roxane Gay mean by: I write toward both idealism and reality – how things are and how I wish they could be. - Roxane Gay Writer Copy
+ I am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roxane Gay, Ambitious, Moments, 0 - Roxane Gay Writer
+ I’ll learn how to rest, though. I can still learn new tricks. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roxane Gay, Tricks, 0 - Roxane Gay Writer
+ The past is always with you. Some people want to be protected from this truth. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roxane Gay, Past, 0 - Roxane Gay Writer
+ Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn’t explicitly defined. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roxane Gay, Character, Race, 0 - Roxane Gay Writer
+ When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roxane Gay, Example, 0 - Roxane Gay Writer
+ I can’t please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roxane Gay, Pressure, 0 - Roxane Gay Writer
+ Most of the time, writing is a lot of fun, and not a small amount of self-medication. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roxane Gay, Fun, Self, Writing, 0 - Roxane Gay Writer
+ I don’t want the success to go away. I don’t want it to seem unearned. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roxane Gay, Going away, 0 - Roxane Gay Writer
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. - Jean Fautrier Painter · France
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
A picture is not a window…an abstract refers to no reality but its own. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
