Quotes from Jason Reynolds

I believe that every character is a setting, a world with moving parts, and on the other hand, every setting is, in fact, a character - a living breathing thing with personality and backstory. The way stories come to life, at least for me, is when these elements commune in relationship to one another.

Rappers were my storytellers.

Gratitude is one of the greatest gifts we can give. And it's not a gift we often give to children. We expect it of them, but we don't necessarily give it back.

Sometimes it's okay for careers to find you.

My relationship to comics isn't nearly as strong as some people's. Ha! I mean, I grew up with a comic book fanatic. My older brother was, and still is, obsessed. And I was obsessed with the fact that he was obsessed, because I was obsessed with him. But not necessarily with comics themselves.

When I was a kid, I couldn't see life outside ramen noodles and Kool-Aid.

If a kid is reading a book about someone who looks like them but doesn't talk like them, we stunt their growth by dissing them.