180 Quotes by G. Willow Wilson

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

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

If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.

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 don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things.

I think lot of Muslims have gotten fatigued by the way Muslim characters, even 'positive' ones, are portrayed in the media.

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.

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.

Anytime you're writing stories about a group of people with whom you have limited experience, there's a lot of guesswork.