Nora K. Jemisin Quotes Nora K. Jemisin I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting. Fiction Focuses Interesting Most Think Uncomfortable Uncomfortable Settings
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
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
Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted? Nora K. Jemisin
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
Reactionary movements can't sustain themselves unless they find something new to catch and burn on. Nora K. Jemisin
I've been very happy with Orbit and am thrilled that they're giving me more chances to explore my creative visions. Nora K. Jemisin
Readers seem to really like the fact that what I'm writing is not traditional fantasy. Nora K. Jemisin
I was going to be a doctor since I was three, so I was pre-med in college. Everything I did, every class I took, pointed toward the 'holy M.D.' Friends were taking wine-tasting classes, studying human sexuality, or redefining their views of the world in poli-sci, and I was memorizing anatomy and crying over o-chem. Yael Cohen
When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work. O'Shea Jackson Jr
It takes practice to do anything unique within this field, period, in writing, practice doing anything unique in writing. Nora K. Jemisin
Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border. Vladimir Putin
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