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. Art Artist Contact Good Lot Need People Writer You
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
Fantasy is fantasy. It's fiction. It's not meant to be a textbook. I don't believe in letting research overwhelm the fiction. That's a danger of science fiction in particular, as opposed to fantasy. A lot of writers forget that what they're doing is supposed to be art. 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
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. 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
A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky. Nora K. Jemisin
There's a thriving field of self-published stuff in, particularly, black fiction. I don't know that other groups of people of color have that same recourse. 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. Nora K. Jemisin
I would prefer to abandon the terminology of the past. 'Superpower' is something which we used during the cold war time. Why use it now? Vladimir Putin
I want to do something that can support all the people in Korea and the world who see us and are inspired to do their own thing. G-Dragon
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. Elwyn Brooks White