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Nora K. Jemisin Quotes

Nora K. Jemisin

Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended.

After Ended Reconciliations Violence

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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I am a linear thinker in a lot of ways.

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

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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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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.

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Any writer kind of who knows what they're doing goes forth and grabs a copy of an issue of something that they want to be published in, or they skim it online. They read what that market has been doing. They see a particular flavor of fiction.

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I think Taeyang developed this image as a dancing singer, mostly because of records like 'Only Look At Me,' and 'Where U At.' To me, personally, I think Taeyang tried to make a change on 'I Need a Girl.' It gets a little mellower.

If I wouldn't have found Courtney, I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle.

A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.

It takes practice to do anything unique within this field, period, in writing, practice doing anything unique in writing.

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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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