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Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes

Complicated feelings are fertile soil for creative ideas Picture Quote #1

If you’re not interested in your work, you’re not doing it right Picture Quote #1

My creator owned books sell better than my mainstream books. And that makes no sense Picture Quote #1

Everything that feminism stands for is everything American, white, red and blue democratic. It is all the same stuff. So, I am boggled that I should have to give up this term that encapsulates what I want for my children, for my world, culture, brothers and sister because someone else thinks it means I don’t shave my armpits Picture Quote #1

Girls have always read comics. There’s nothing intrinsically masculine about telling stories with pictures Picture Quote #1

If you have a smartphone - and you have a smartphone - then you have a comic book store in your pocket. So you don’t have to get over any social anxiety you have about entering that space Picture Quote #1

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Pretty Deadly’ is the story of these immortal and mortal characters, and the mortals’ story follows Sarah’s family, a black family, through the ages. I never made the choice of, ‘Oh, this is gonna be the story of an African American family!’ Picture Quote #1

I’m kind of obsessed with Shaun White. I took a DVD of Shaun White to the hospital when I gave birth to my son. His physical elegance and his ease in front of the camera alone are inspiring, but he’s got this... this dedication to excellence and this straight up courage that just... it personifies everything I want to be and everything I am not Picture Quote #1

Going into the second arc, I’m making a conscious effort to do something I say I never do, which is to change my style because of feedback. I’m trying to make ‘Pretty Deadly’ more accessible by being more clear in the writing Picture Quote #1

Being a woman in a male-dominated industry sort of sucks, but it doesn’t suck any more than being a woman in the world. My advice? Be terrifying Picture Quote #1

I like my heroes to be imperfect; I like them to be striving. I identify with that kind of aspiration to do better Picture Quote #1

You can’t write something actively trying to please everyone - you’re going to end up with watery soup that way. You just have to write stories you would want to read and hope that people like them Picture Quote #1

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One of the things about comics is people can linger on images and words as long as they want Picture Quote #1

I guess I am conscious of my weaknesses, and I think pacing is probably my biggest. I don’t know if I think the clarity thing is actually a weakness. It was a stylistic choice Picture Quote #1

My husband makes fun of me, because I know I can use strong prose to jazz-hand my way through plot that isn’t as interesting as I’d like it to be Picture Quote #1

I think I’m very strong at dialogue, I think I’m very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting Picture Quote #1

I wish I could say confidently that pacing remains my weak point, if you could talk about your own stuff without sounding like you’re self-obsessed. But I think you kind of have to be Picture Quote #1

Having my brain doing different work is helping me a lot in terms of retro-feeding from the other experiences. It makes me feel inspired, looking forward to the projects and wanting to work harder Picture Quote #1

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There’s a difference between feeling like I don’t need to explain and deliberately confusing you. If the impression is that I’m deliberately confusing you, that is not what I am trying to do at all Picture Quote #1

Get inside her head. Get inside any character’s head and ask what they want in this scene. And if you work from the perspective of what they want, there’s not going to be any wrong answer. There’s going to be some boring answers, but none of them are going to be wrong. As long as she has agency, then you’re on the right track Picture Quote #1

The reader is not the customer. The retailer is the customer. So I try to have as much interaction with the retailers as possible because those are my customers Picture Quote #1

I need to go where I’m not comfortable. I think that’s the artist’s job Picture Quote #1

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Complicated feelings are fertile soil for creative ideas (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) If you’re not interested in your work, you’re not doing it right (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) My creator owned books sell better than my mainstream books. And that makes no sense (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) Everything that feminism stands for is everything American, white, red and blue democratic. It is all the same stuff. So, I am boggled that I should have to give up this term that encapsulates what I want for my children, for my world, culture, brothers and sister because someone else thinks it means I don’t shave my armpits. (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) Girls have always read comics. There’s nothing intrinsically masculine about telling stories with pictures. (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) If you have a smartphone - and you have a smartphone - then you have a comic book store in your pocket. So you don’t have to get over any social anxiety you have about entering that space. (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) Pretty Deadly’ is the story of these immortal and mortal characters, and the mortals’ story follows Sarah’s family, a black family, through the ages. I never made the choice of, ‘Oh, this is gonna be the story of an African American family!’ (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) I’m kind of obsessed with Shaun White. I took a DVD of Shaun White to the hospital when I gave birth to my son. His physical elegance and his ease in front of the camera alone are inspiring, but he’s got this... this dedication to excellence and this straight up courage that just... it personifies everything I want to be and everything I am not. (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) Going into the second arc, I’m making a conscious effort to do something I say I never do, which is to change my style because of feedback. I’m trying to make ‘Pretty Deadly’ more accessible by being more clear in the writing. (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) Being a woman in a male-dominated industry sort of sucks, but it doesn’t suck any more than being a woman in the world. My advice? Be terrifying. (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) I like my heroes to be imperfect; I like them to be striving. I identify with that kind of aspiration to do better. (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) You can’t write something actively trying to please everyone - you’re going to end up with watery soup that way. You just have to write stories you would want to read and hope that people like them (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) One of the things about comics is people can linger on images and words as long as they want (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) I guess I am conscious of my weaknesses, and I think pacing is probably my biggest. I don’t know if I think the clarity thing is actually a weakness. It was a stylistic choice (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) My husband makes fun of me, because I know I can use strong prose to jazz-hand my way through plot that isn’t as interesting as I’d like it to be (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) I think I’m very strong at dialogue, I think I’m very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) I wish I could say confidently that pacing remains my weak point, if you could talk about your own stuff without sounding like you’re self-obsessed. But I think you kind of have to be (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) Having my brain doing different work is helping me a lot in terms of retro-feeding from the other experiences. It makes me feel inspired, looking forward to the projects and wanting to work harder (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) There’s a difference between feeling like I don’t need to explain and deliberately confusing you. If the impression is that I’m deliberately confusing you, that is not what I am trying to do at all (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) Get inside her head. Get inside any character’s head and ask what they want in this scene. And if you work from the perspective of what they want, there’s not going to be any wrong answer. There’s going to be some boring answers, but none of them are going to be wrong. As long as she has agency, then you’re on the right track (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) The reader is not the customer. The retailer is the customer. So I try to have as much interaction with the retailers as possible because those are my customers (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes) I need to go where I’m not comfortable. I think that’s the artist’s job (Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes)