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Nora K. Jemisin Quotes

Nora K. Jemisin

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.

Away Dangerous Police Stay Unless Wary You

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My first series, the 'Inheritance' trilogy, in the first book, you were dealing with a woman of color from an impoverished culture, being brought up among wealthy, privileged white people and having to cope and perform in ways that she has not been raised to do, and that was obviously drawn from some personal experiences.

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All people who grew up with science fiction and fantasy and horror went through the whole acculturation process of the genre. We were all told to read the golden age writers. We were all told Heinlein and Asimov and all these straight, white males, although some of them were Jewish.

Nora K. Jemisin

A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky.

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

Nora K. Jemisin

This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own.

Nora K. Jemisin

I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting.

Nora K. Jemisin

With epic fantasy, there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack.

Nora K. Jemisin

There's a tendency in American thought – maybe elsewhere, but that's the culture I know best – to default to social Darwinism, even though even Darwin noted that's a misapplication of his ideas.

Nora K. Jemisin

I would love to just write and not have everything I say or do turn into a political battle.

Nora K. Jemisin

I read a lot of history for fun.

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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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