Melissa Windisch

“You were fly, dope, and amazing from birth,” I would tell that girl now. “From the second you took your first breath, you were worthwhile and valid. And I’m sorry you had to wait so long to learn that for yourself.”
― Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

“Carrie Fisher had a line I love about why she and Paul Simon ended their marriage: “Things were getting worse faster than we could lower our standards.”
― Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

“Do you know why no one asks men how they balance it all? It’s because there is no expectation of that. Bringing home money is enough. We don’t expect you to be anything more than a provider, men. But a working woman? Not only do you have to bring home the bacon and fry it up, you gotta be a size double-zero, too. You’ve got to volunteer at the school, you’ve got to be a sex kitten, a great friend, a community activist. There are all these expectations that we put on women that we don’t put on men.”
― Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

“And anything I have accomplished, I did so not in spite of being a black woman, but because I am a black woman".”
― Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine