If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy. G. Willow Wilson contradictestatefight Change image and share on social
People love to talk about new and different. They don't always love to buy and read new and different. G. Willow Wilson buylovepeople Change image and share on social
In comics, we're all weird together. I can go to a comics convention and not stand out, even though I'm the only woman in a headscarf there, because the guy next to me has a beard and a Sailor Moon costume. G. Willow Wilson beardcomicconvention share on social
I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda. G. Willow Wilson agenduminformmean Change image and share on social
I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?' G. Willow Wilson adultcharactercontext share on social
I write about real life as it is lived by the young American Muslim women that I've had the pleasure of meeting throughout the course of my travels as a writer and being able to speak in different places and meet different people at signings and things. G. Willow Wilson americanhavelife share on social
Leaving your country at a tender age really rearranges the way you perceive the world. So I feel marginally attached to many places rather than deeply attached to any one place. G. Willow Wilson ageattachcountry Change image and share on social
I think people, especially in the Muslim community, are rightly cautious any time you hear, 'Oh, there's going to be a Muslim character.' G. Willow Wilson cautiouscharactercommunity Change image and share on social
In prose, you have a lot more room for digression, for very meaty kinds of dialogues. In graphic novels, you're writing haiku-length dialogue. Your job is to be efficient, to get out of the way of the art. G. Willow Wilson artdialoguedigression share on social
'Lost' seems to be the inverse of 'Air': It explores dispossession and identity by forcing a bunch of people into one invented landscape instead of using many invented landscapes to keep people apart. G. Willow Wilson airbunchdispossession Change image and share on social
