I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy. Nnedi Okorafor Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I see the world as a magical place. Therefore, it was only natural that magic wafted from my fiction like smoke. Nnedi Okorafor Read Quote
I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov’s nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl. Nnedi Okorafor Read Quote
I think speculative fiction has fewer unspoken prerequisites than literary fiction for writers of color. Nnedi Okorafor Read Quote
One of my feet is a whole size longer than the other. One is size ten, the other is size eleven. Nnedi Okorafor Read Quote
There’s a story in ‘Kabu Kabu’ called ‘Bakasi Man’ where I got to explore the mind of a ‘bad man.’ It was fun. Nnedi Okorafor Read Quote
