Marjorie Liu

As a writer, I find that a good way of evolving a character is through an examination of his or her defining…

— Marjorie Liu

I love writing prose. I really love writing prose. It's very pleasurable for me.

— Marjorie Liu

At his heart, Gambit is a good man who believes in taking care of his friends, and his friends are what's most…

— Marjorie Liu

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…

— Marjorie Liu

Freedom to tell any story I want, with all the imaginary tools of my trade, is why I love writing novels. I…

— Marjorie Liu

I think we worry way too much about where books should fit inside genres. In a romance, the hero and heroine are…

— Marjorie Liu

There are many different ways to express intimacy - a look, a touch - and I think it enriches the characters and…

— Marjorie Liu

I wanted to be her; I wanted to write her. Red Sonja became anchored in my imagination like a mountain.

— Marjorie Liu

To all the young kids of color - and not so young - people who want to use their voices, who are…

— Marjorie Liu

We all know that I love writing Gambit.

— Marjorie Liu

My dad is Chinese, and my mom is a white American, and they married only ten years after the United States Supreme…

— Marjorie Liu

The greatest enemy one ever faces is one's own self.

— Marjorie Liu

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

I feel like the character of Han Solo is irreverent. A very serious, precious story about Han Solo would not be that…

— Marjorie Liu

I don't think X-23's past is the most interesting thing about her, but it's not like she can escape it, either.

— Marjorie Liu

If men disappeared tomorrow, we'd still be having the abortion debate. If men disappeared tomorrow, there would still be racism and conflicts…

— Marjorie Liu

I can't control what a reader takes from a story.

— Marjorie Liu

We're not accustomed to giving women the space to express the full range of emotions and flaws that men are permitted. Anger…

— Marjorie Liu

'Monstress' has been hard because I want to keep writing longer, but I can't.

— Marjorie Liu

I'm a writer and a feminist of color, and I've written complex, powerful women for my entire career. I'm just one voice,…

— Marjorie Liu

I don't want to give people the wrong advice to follow their dreams no matter what, because it's not fun to be…

— Marjorie Liu

In my solo series, I feel like I've often dealt with groups of people.

— Marjorie Liu

People either fall into two camps, where they're pro-fanfic, or they're anti-fanfic. I would not have had the skills to write and…

— Marjorie Liu

As a writer - and a romance novelist, no less - I've always found it a bit odd when characters in comic…

— Marjorie Liu

I love writing romance, along with science fiction and fantasy - and my books usually meld all three to some degree.

— Marjorie Liu