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Nora K. Jemisin Quotes

Nora K. Jemisin

I write for myself – but it is nice when other people like it, too!

Like Myself Nice People Too Write

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

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

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It's hard out here for a fantasy writer, after all; there's all these 'rules' I'm supposed to follow, or the Fantasy Police might come and make me do hard labor in the Cold Iron Mines.

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Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended.

Nora K. Jemisin

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

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.

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

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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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

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I don't have a problem with recognition… It's very, very rarely about who I am, it's always, 'I love your work.'… It's always in relation to my work, which I think is a really lucky thing to have happen as opposed to, 'Oh, you're a famous personality.'

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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.

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