Quotes About Identity

I came to comic books when I was about 15.

When I did get into comic books, it was after a whole other career, and when I got into comic books, they didn't even know who I was.

The best comics enlist you to take accountability for who you are, whether you like it or not.

So many comics have such low self-esteem.

For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States.

It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe that is why so many women comics are lesbians.

Dwayne McDuffie was one of my favorite writers. When I was growing up, he was one of the few African Americans working in American comics.

I hate when I get asked, 'What's it like to be a woman in comics?'

When I started in comics, people were always trying to classify me as either/or. Either a writer who appealed to women or a writer who appealed to guys. This need to categorize was just exhausting.

What's really great about the Archie Comics as a whole is that everybody is relatable.

I knew I wanted to do comics, but I wasn't sure what they were about or what I wanted them to be about.

I'd say a lot of black comics were forced to do the black comedy circuit. I'd go into black comedy clubs and see what they're going through, which is different because they're almost made to be in another world.

If coming out to someone makes them love you less, just know that I love you.

Israel is the country of my birth. When I come here, I feel I'm coming home.

I'm very British at heart. When I come to England, I say I'm coming home, and then it's funny: when I leave England to go back to L.A., I also say I'm going back home.

Writing is something I should have done more of, it's a form of coming home.

There's something unique about coming of age in 2015 with the way the world is.

I think it's very important that we don't sound like militants. Often what we do is we give a comment, and because it comes across with passion, then we're 'angry black people.'

I get comments saying that I'm a leper, I control how my skin changes, I bleach my skin, my skin's burned. None of those are true.

I know a lot of people who support football teams don't care about fashion. For them, it can be quite weird to see someone looking very different. But I've learnt not to read the comments.

I get quite bemused by the comments made about what I wear because, for African people, how you dress is very important.

One person's comments can't bring down the entire Bhojpuri community or language!

I'm not going to lie, the first three years of being in the group, I would look for trolls. I would search Leigh Anne. I would look through Twitter and I would search Leigh Anne from Little Mix, the black girl in Little Mix, I would put these things in my search engines just to see the comments.

Some commercials can work against your image.