I love writing novels, but there is something deeply invigorating about the comic-book medium. — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
Most of the female 'superhero' role models of my childhood came from novels, and they rarely had powers. Take Dorothy, for example,… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
Comics writing is for your artist. It's not for the general reader; it's for the artist. So I love writing scripts for… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
As a writer - and a romance novelist, no less - I've always found it a bit odd when characters in comic… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I had never been a comic book person before, really, because I had no access to them. Once I had access, I… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
Superheroes are the best of us. Never mind all those powers or the crazy costumes. The heart of a superhero is meant… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I think when you look at the diversity of the readership, all the different people who love comics, I want comics to… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
A novel is 400 pages; it's an endurance race. There's no artist, so I have to describe everything. It's all prose. Whereas… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
It's great we have a female Thor. It's great we have a black Captain America. But those are just optics; it's optics… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I don't write fight scenes in comics all that well. I think they're a waste of space unless they can move a… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as having any freedom when it comes to how 'Monstress' is structured and how the story is… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
When I'm writing comics, I'm also visualizing how the story will look on the page - not even always art-wise, but panel-wise,… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I got into comics because I wrote an 'X-Men' novel for Pocket Books, and I introduced myself to the head of recruitment… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
As a writer, I find that a good way of evolving a character is through an examination of his or her defining relationships -… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I love writing prose. I really love writing prose. It's very pleasurable for me. — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
At his heart, Gambit is a good man who believes in taking care of his friends, and his friends are what's most important to… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
Marriage isn't the end-point of a relationship. It's just a stepping stone, one aspect of a long-term evolution between two people who have, for… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
Freedom to tell any story I want, with all the imaginary tools of my trade, is why I love writing novels. I love taking… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I think we worry way too much about where books should fit inside genres. In a romance, the hero and heroine are on a… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
There are many different ways to express intimacy - a look, a touch - and I think it enriches the characters and stories when… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I wanted to be her; I wanted to write her. Red Sonja became anchored in my imagination like a mountain. — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
To all the young kids of color - and not so young - people who want to use their voices, who are thinking, 'This… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
My dad is Chinese, and my mom is a white American, and they married only ten years after the United States Supreme Court ruled… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
