But whatever one chooses to do on the practical
level as a writer, when it comes to the conceptual level, there is no other way around- one must assume both a particular and a universal point of view, at least to be part of literature. That is, one must work to reach the general, even while starting from an individual or from a specific
point of view. This is true for straight writers.
But it is true as well for minority writers."
-- The Point of View: Universal or Particular?