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Nora K. Jemisin Quotes

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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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small – a locked room-style story.

Nora K. Jemisin

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.

Nora K. Jemisin

Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted?

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

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.

Nora K. Jemisin

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

Nora K. Jemisin

I think the people who believe that works can and always should be divorced from the context are people who have the privilege to do so.

Nora K. Jemisin

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

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.

Nora K. Jemisin

In the 'Dreamblood' books, I'm focusing more on what I like about epic fantasy: the layering and depth of tension; the chance to really delve into the minutia of an alternate society and its politics; a large cast of characters to love and hate.

Nora K. Jemisin

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