Funny how all things people don’t understand seem to be ‘cursed’. Nnedi Okorafor More Quotes by Nnedi Okorafor More Quotes From Nnedi Okorafor Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective. Nnedi Okorafor science-fiction perspective fiction People get inspired to write, paint, draw, sing, sculpt, dance in many different ways. And there are many types of art. But the one thing that they all have in common is that they are all a sort of magic. Sometimes the magic flows from one’s fingers, other times it is transferred to the person who experiences the result. Magic has always worked in mysterious ways. Nnedi Okorafor writing people art Though I knew I shouldn’t have cared, the words still hurt like pinches, and pinches can be very painful when done in the same place many times in a row. Nnedi Okorafor painful done hurt It's ok to care about what other people think, but you should give a little more weight to what you, yourself, think...The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength. You're stronger than you believe. Nnedi Okorafor believe people thinking You are not crazy. You are just ready to change. Nnedi Okorafor ready crazy We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living. Nnedi Okorafor finished cried tears I slammed the door in the child's face, a horrific scream trapped in my throat. Nnedi Okorafor faces doors children Use your powers for good instead of evil Nnedi Okorafor use evil Silence is the best answer to a fool. Nnedi Okorafor silence wise answers All through the night, she battled herself. Or battled to know herself. She fell apart and then put herself back together and then she fell apart again and put herself back together, over and over. Nnedi Okorafor chaos together night Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are! Nnedi Okorafor flawed imperfect creatures Is it not the worst pain to know there is a cure for your child's illness and then not be able to obtain it? Oh it must be the one of the worst types of pain in the world. Nnedi Okorafor pain children world I see the world as a magical place. Therefore, it was only natural that magic wafted from my fiction like smoke. Nnedi Okorafor place smoke magic world I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy. Nnedi Okorafor be-happy down calm ocean happy I would try to write 'realistic' fiction, and someone would fly, or there would be a black hole full of demons or a girl who attracted frogs. Nnedi Okorafor demons fly black girl I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov's nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl. Nnedi Okorafor king books up reading 'Who Fears Death' addresses the push and pull in African culture that powerful women face when their culture has certain duties and beliefs that can stifle them. Nnedi Okorafor face women culture death I think speculative fiction has fewer unspoken prerequisites than literary fiction for writers of color. Nnedi Okorafor i-think think color fiction One of my feet is a whole size longer than the other. One is size ten, the other is size eleven. Nnedi Okorafor than size whole feet It's more fun to write villains. They are more of a challenge, and I get a sick kind of pleasure out of delving into their minds. There's rarely emptiness, and there is almost always deep intelligence. Nnedi Okorafor challenge deep intelligence sick
