I don't think there's something inherently irreligious about comics.

- G. Willow Wilson

When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.

- G. Willow Wilson

In 2003, as a 21-year-old convert to Islam, I moved from Colorado to Cairo to see what life was like in a Muslim country.

- G. Willow Wilson

I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.

- G. Willow Wilson

I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white.

- G. Willow Wilson

I was born in New Jersey and lived there until I was about 10, so Jersey is in my roots.

- G. Willow Wilson

I think people, especially in the Muslim community, are rightly cautious any time you hear, 'Oh, there's going to be a Muslim character.'

- G. Willow Wilson

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

- G. Willow Wilson

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

- G. Willow Wilson

I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written.

- G. Willow Wilson

I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.

- G. Willow Wilson

To me, a staircase looks like a series of dark and light horizontal stripes, which is exactly how you'd draw a staircase. So I know how the image is going to look on the page.

- G. Willow Wilson

I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.

- G. Willow Wilson

I didn't believe in spiritual homelands, and found God as readily in a strip mall as in a mosque.

- G. Willow Wilson

For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.

- G. Willow Wilson

Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.

- G. Willow Wilson

Being a Muslim in America, I've noticed that there's a ton of crossover between the Muslim community and geekdom.

- G. Willow Wilson

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

- G. Willow Wilson

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.

- G. Willow Wilson

'Butterfly Mosque' came out of the emails I wrote to family and friends back home after moving to Egypt.

- G. Willow Wilson