“When I first started writing, I did mostly short fiction, and I'd work...” — Ann Leckie Quote

“When I first started writing, I did mostly short fiction, and I'd work on a short story and get near to being done and have no idea what I'd work on next, and then I'd panic.”

“I do think that narrative is very important - I think that we use narrative to organize the world around us, and so it does matter a lot what kinds of narratives we have in our inventories and which ones are reinforced so often and so strongly that we habitually reach for them without thinking.”

“I've been a fan of Jack Vance since before I was in high school.”

“It's always weird when people come out to see you because everything's mostly online now.”

“But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs.”

“I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women.”