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Nora K. Jemisin Quotes

Nora K. Jemisin

I write for myself – but it is nice when other people like it, too!

Like Myself Nice People Too Write

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I tend to like writing characters that are not typical heroes.

Nora K. Jemisin

I don't really understand why so many fantasy writers choose to focus on worlds that just seem strangely denuded. But to them, I guess it doesn't seem strange. And I guess that's their privilege. It isn't mine.

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Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness.

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Reactionary movements can't sustain themselves unless they find something new to catch and burn on.

Nora K. Jemisin

Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't.

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Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.

Nora K. Jemisin

I tend to write society as I see and understand it.

Nora K. Jemisin

Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended.

Nora K. Jemisin

I've always believed that as an artist, as a writer, you need a lot of contact with other people to make your art good.

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I was raised to be very wary of the police. I was raised to stay away from them unless you absolutely have to. Because they're dangerous.

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