I remember when I was a kid, I could never find anything positive about chubby girls. If a girl was pudgy in books, she wasn’t okay. She couldn’t be happy or make friends unless she lost weight. Ann Aguirre Read Quote
People are capable of incredible gallantry and terrible cruelty in situations of extreme duress. I tried to showcase that range in ‘Enclave.’ Ann Aguirre Read Quote
I immerse myself in everything I write; I feel what my characters do. I suffer with them. I cry as I type, sometimes to the point that I can’t see the screen. Ann Aguirre Read Quote
People need to believe they can make a difference – that one person standing strong can turn the tide. Ann Aguirre Read Quote
My process seems to be unusual in the sense that I don’t create worlds before characters. With me, character is king. Ann Aguirre Read Quote
The people I write are real to me, and basically, they tell me about their environments on a need-to-know basis. Ann Aguirre Read Quote
My life experiences are different than the average person because I’ve spent the last 10 years living in Mexico. I generally don’t know what’s going on in America, and when I do visit for work, I’m often interrogated about my life choices by random strangers. Ann Aguirre Read Quote
Since becoming aware of the need to be inclusive, I’ve tried to make my stories broader and more representative of our world. Ann Aguirre Read Quote
I am a woman. I write SF. And it’s not acceptable to treat me as anything less than an equal. I won’t stand for it. Ann Aguirre Read Quote
I had a respected SF writer call me ‘girlie’ and demand that I get him a coffee, before the panel we were on together. Ann Aguirre Read Quote
