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" Many people don't even want to start something until they feel fairly confident that they will be a success at it. But me? I love to throw myself into things headfirst and fail all over the place. "

Kameron Hurley

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Conflict

You

" I don't like to write about things that bore me, and that means I steer far clear of writing books that are just like what's on the shelves. "

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Books

Writing

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" My parents both worked full-time flipping burgers at the local fast-food joint, and my grandmother looked after us. English was her second language, so instead of books, I learned spoken French nursery rhymes and curse words. "

" As for the best '80s action movie, I'm going to be predictable here and say 'Die Hard.' I watch that movie at least twice a year. Perfect script. "

" I can't change the preconceived notions a reader brings to a work, but I can do my best to be aware of, address, and subvert tropes and expectations that readers may have as best I can and hope I don't screw it up too much. "

" I read and write speculative fiction because I want to go someplace really different. "

Kameron Hurley

Write

Because

" As both an essayist and science fiction and fantasy novelist, I write about and for the future. I talk about the past to remind us that what we believe has always been true - that men and women are somehow static categories, or that men in power has always been the default, or that same-sex love affairs were always taboo - has not always been thus. "

" What history taught me is that societies are not static and that the straight line of progressive ideals - this thinking we have that a society will just magically become more egalitarian over time - is patently false. "

Kameron Hurley

Society

Thinking

" I'm the sort of writer who likes to leave doors open for readers. "

" People interest me a lot: why we are kind, why we are cruel, how we learn the difference, what makes us act in ways contrary to those we've been socialized with. "

" One of the things I stress to those I meet, especially young people, is that we are the heroes of our own lives, and we can be the masters of our own stories. "

" We don't fall in love with perfect people. We fall in love with complex ones. "

" When we see sexist and racist behavior, the only way to change that is also to point it out and make it clear that it's not okay. "

" What makes a book unique isn't always about having one big grand new idea. It's about combining many different ideas in new and interesting ways. "

" I've always been interested in the politics of war. War is one of those things that, the longer I studied it, the more illogical it seemed. "

Kameron Hurley

War

Always

" It's easier to say people are crazy than to try to figure out why. "

" As an introverted kid who lived in the middle of nowhere, my stories made up the whole of my social life. That meant that while other kids cultivated hobbies like skateboarding or playing the piano, I sat at home scribbling in notebooks. "

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Skateboarding

Life

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" As a science fiction and fantasy writer, I used to love writing bleak, grimdark futures full of bleak, grimdark people. But I've found that as the world around me darkens, all I really want to do is grasp for more light. "

" Being a writer, writing for a living, is one long persistence game. Everyone wants you to quit. Quite often, you want to quit. You get kicked down. You come up swinging. You keep going. Either you are committed to it, or you aren't. "

" Pen names have always fascinated me, in part because I understand the professional and economic and even societal reasons to do so. "

Kameron Hurley

Understand

Professional

" I know a lot of writers who tell me they 'always' knew how to read. They can't remember a time before reading. And those writers make me want to tear my hair out. "

Kameron Hurley

Hair

Know

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" Science fiction writers create all sorts of futures - that comes with the job. But it's not the type that matters - hopeful or dark - it's the variety we see as readers. It's nurturing the imaginations of those who will go on to create the world around us. "

" I'm a naturally lazy person, and I live for a challenge. "

" I want to be constantly in awe of the possibilities of the universe. "

" This is the biggest trick of the sort of thing I write: creating fun, powerful stories with tons of interesting stuff going socially and culturally that doesn't overly confuse the reader. "