Quotes About Identity

Madame Bovary is myself.

I can only be the madman that I've been so long.

I find it hard to believe when people tell me I inspired them in any kind of way because I think to myself, 'well, why?' It's just me - not Madonna.

I just do not see myself playing for Madrid. They do not attract me, especially because of my past with Atletico.

For me, a Catalan, who plays for Barca, for me to play in Madrid - that would be very difficult.

I consider myself to be from Madrid because I arrived very young, but I do not forget my years in Lens - of which I am also proud.

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

One of the things I liked about writing for a magazine was a kind of anonymity. When you do books, it's different than magazine pieces because you become a 'figure.'

Having your picture taken in the street and put in a magazine won't change your life.

'Ebony' has been more than a magazine; it is a movement.

Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.

Someone coming out as gay shouldn't be newsworthy; it shouldn't be warranting a magazine cover or anything like that, which I had as my story for coming out.

It feels really strange when I walk by newsstands and I don't see any magazines with me in it!

To me, design is very personal. I'm not one of those people who is like, 'This is right, this is wrong.' You should do things that you love, not things that magazines tell you to do.

I'm a real Kentish maid, you know.

In a lot of movies, African-Americans are either maids or slaves, but that's not all they were. We need to show that. And we can't keep erasing history.

All the mail that I got, half of it said, 'You looked exactly like my brother,' or, 'You look exactly like so-and-so.'

People are always thinking that I'm the main character in my books, but each one has been different, and sometimes they've been men.

Growing up, the main thing I was ashamed of was my voice. It is very effeminate.

I think the main thing which boygenius and I talk about ad nauseum, is that I feel like I just apologise for myself less.

The main thing my bookcase says about me is that I'm not French.

The main thing I've done for my children is not to give them a stupid name, like actors do.

The main thing I would say is: Lady Loki in the comics is a very different character to our character, obviously.

My main thing is being comfortable and looking like myself. But to be honest, what I wear is pretty much the last thing I think about.