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" It's very difficult to balance different audiences and talk to each one without selling the others short. There is no universal literature - or, if there is, I don't know how to write it. "

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" 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

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" It took me a long time to square with the fact that none of my experiences are typical - I'm not a typical American, but I'm also not a typical Muslim. "

" I'm not a programmer myself, but I am a very, very picky end user of technology. I like my machines to work they way they're supposed to, all the time. "

" The transition between life in red-state America and life in the Arab capital was at times overwhelming because of the traditional segregation of men and women in many public and private settings. "

" We don't want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on 'girl books.' "

" The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago. "

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

" The more you put out there, the more you have to resolve. 'Air' is the most literary comic I've written so far, and that poses problems. "

" I have younger friends who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to prove themselves. They've inherited a lot of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They really feel squeezed. "

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

G. Willow Wilson

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Superheroes

" In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim. "

" Thematically, in a lot of what I write, there's a sense of displacement, of being rooted in multiple places, and how that can tug at your identities and your wants and your goals. "

" 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. "

" It's patently impossible for a Muslim character to represent 'all Muslims.' "

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

G. Willow Wilson

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam. "

" I think every Muslim woman has to feel the world out for herself. "

" 'Air' is very placeless - it's set in many different countries, and much of the story is about going places rather than being places. 'Air' is about travelers, and I'm a chronic traveler. "

" In 2003, as a 21-year-old convert to Islam, I moved from Colorado to Cairo to see what life was like in a Muslim country. "

" I think people, especially in the Muslim community, are rightly cautious any time you hear, 'Oh, there's going to be a Muslim character.' "

" Out-marriage is an issue religious groups have been wrestling with for some time. Of course men and women fall in love. Of course it's not always convenient to their respective cultural and spiritual norms. "

" 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. "

" Some languages expand not only your ability to speak to different people but what you're able to think. "

" I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written. "

G. Willow Wilson

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" The story of a passionate woman in a stale marriage is as old as Helen of Troy. "

" The first comic I ever read was an 'X-Men' themed anti-smoking PSA they gave out in health class when I was about 10. "

" A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism. "

" Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more. "