50 G. Willow Wilson Quotes for You to Enjoy

G. Willow Wilson

American Writer

Born: Aug 31, 1982

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It seems like whenever you write about Muslims, people assume that you're writing about the Quran, you are writing about the Prophet Muhammad. There's no sense that Muslims are capable of individualism, that they're capable of making mistakes that are somehow not connected to Islam. G. Willow Wilson

We think of divinity as something infinitely big, but it is also infinitely small - the condensation of your breath on your palms, the ridges in your fingertips, the warm space between your shoulder and the shoulder next to you. G. Willow Wilson

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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons. G. Willow Wilson

Me Something Insomnia Came Ordinary Reasons

When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless. G. Willow Wilson

Ride Outsider Along Nonetheless Am Privileged Egypt

'Air' is what the world looks like: An inconvenient mashup of human politics and divine geography. We leave bits and pieces of ourselves and our history in every place we encounter. G. Willow Wilson

Politics History World Every Our Air Bits Bits And Pieces Ourselves Divine Like Pieces Looks Geography Leave Encounter Human Place Inconvenient

Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in. G. Willow Wilson

Fans Community Other Medium Despite Pleasure Criticisms More Both Had Terms Comfortable Accepted Felt Always Comics Been Than Any Working Creators Publishing Leveled

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

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Being a Muslim in America, I've noticed that there's a ton of crossover between the Muslim community and geekdom. G. Willow Wilson

Community Muslim Crossover Between America Being Noticed Ton

When I need guidance or just to kvetch or to bounce ideas off of people, I go to Gail Simone, who is very much kind of the den mother of all of us who are working comics. G. Willow Wilson

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I was born in New Jersey and lived there until I was about 10, so Jersey is in my roots. G. Willow Wilson

Born About New Until New Jersey Roots Lived Jersey

Superheroes don't often get their powers in one fell swoop. It's like superhero puberty. G. Willow Wilson

Superhero Superheroes Like Fell Powers Get Often Puberty

When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into. G. Willow Wilson

History You Some Superheroes Write Comic Coming Years Many Series

As a writer and a mom, I wish I could split into two or three different people so I could be with my kids all day, write all day, and go out and do the interviews all day. Multiplicity woman! G. Willow Wilson

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That's something the head scarf, in a symbolic way, is meant to do in Arabic culture: it defines your relationship to your husband and the men of your family differently than your relationship to the average guy on the street you've never met. G. Willow Wilson

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The great thing about Cairo is the vast majority of women wear some kind of head scarf, but they are also very fashion-conscious. They love bright colors. G. Willow Wilson

Love Great Women Kind Wear Scarf Some About Vast Vast Majority Colors Head Great Thing Also Majority Very Bright Thing

I think all these pop cultural media often reflect conversations we're having in the real world at that moment in time. I think one of the big conversations we're having as a culture is we thought we'd solved sexism and racism, and we're realizing more and more that we haven't. G. Willow Wilson

Time Culture Racism World Thought Big Reflect Think Sexism Solved Having More More And More Real Cultural Often The Real World Real World Conversations Realizing Pop Moment Media

So many people are of mixed heritage; everyone is from somewhere else. G. Willow Wilson

People Somewhere Heritage Else Everyone Somewhere Else Mixed So Many People Many

Americans look at the Middle East as a source of trauma because of 9/11. At the same time, I could see the fear going on in the Middle East as well - which would be the next country to be invaded or sanctioned? Being around those tensions was traumatic for me. G. Willow Wilson

Time Me Fear Country Those East Would Would-Be See Invaded Could Tensions Look Well Because Around Source American Same Going Same Time Middle Being Middle East Which Sanctioned Next Trauma Traumatic

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

Love You Fight People Real Estate Every Other Be Prepared Ideas Occupy Real Intellectual Contradict Square Estate Inch Each Prepared Things

In the West, anything that must be hidden is suspect; availability and honesty are interlinked. This clashes irreconcilably with Islam, where the things that are most precious, most perfect and most holy are always hidden: the Kaaba, the faces of prophets and angels, a woman's body, Heaven. G. Willow Wilson

I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things. G. Willow Wilson

Islam Think Those Muslims Written Know Been Subject Very Often Different Anything Different Things Ever Things Two

There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture. G. Willow Wilson

Culture Burden Group Enough Representation Representatives Certain Popular Popular Culture Play

It's patently impossible for a Muslim character to represent 'all Muslims.' G. Willow Wilson

Character Impossible Muslim Muslims Patently Represent

Because the traditional mode of dress for Muslim women is so distinct - the headcovering, which is not there for guys - women carry a greater burden of representation than Muslim men do in non-Muslim societies. G. Willow Wilson

Women Burden Men Distinct Muslim Carry Dress Guys Greater Because Traditional Mode Than Representation Which Societies

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