"I speak my life into existence with each expressed breath I take. I tell you a story within which are more stories. U…"

"I love books . I adore everything about them. I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. They are light enough to…"

"The fire in my veins burns hotter than any sun."

"I’ve never heard the term “numerical synesthesia,” but now that I have, yes, this is how she often sees. This is how …"

"The theme of choice and the power of culture pops up in my stories often. Before Binti, the biggest example of this i…"

"I don’t think about what I write and the way I write as “containers”, nor do I think about what others will see it as…"

"“In that time I was able to experiment — try things, see what worked, see what didn’t — without someone looking over …"

"“Though I knew I shouldn’t have cared, the words still hurt like pinches, and pinches can be very painful when done i…"

"“It's ok to care about what other people think, but you should give a little more weight to what you, yourself, think…"

"Fear is a prison, and only by facing it can we truly be free."