BEAUTIFUL is stark, disquieting and, quite simply, riveting. Amy Reed is an author to keep on your radar. — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
There are people who think it's easier to write books in verse, and it's definitely not. — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Why are people so afraid of giving their kids necessary information that might prevent an unwanted pregnancy or disease? But they're not… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Many readers share their stories with me and if one speaks to me (or if the same theme keeps coming at me),… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I couldn't have known 'Crank' was going to be published, let alone become a big hit. That book was very personal for… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I think parents should know what their children are reading, and if they truly object, they should tell their kids why, rather… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, I sold my first novel, 'Crank,' with only seventy-five pages complete. It was in verse then, and it… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“A word to the unwise. Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Authors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that's the strength of books. Don't worry about censors. Just write… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
In my books my characters experience things as they are. My books allow youth an honest look at important issues affecting them.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“To all my readers. I don't need my daughter's okay to do anything. I was a writer before she was my daughter.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I have a really good idea of who my readers are and always write with a sensitivity to my audience. I use… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“I had never kissed a boy, had never even considered that I might enjoy such an unclean thing, until literature opened my… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear. — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“I've been alone since my mom met Scott. He sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly. No nurture, no nourishment left… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
Do you know how beautiful you are?' I shook my head 'I'm not. But you make me fell like I am.' I wanted to… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
...life is all about chances. You might be safer not taking any. But playing it totally safe means you're only existing. Not living. I… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
The truth is, I don't have a real clue what love is - how to find it, how to give it. Once upon a… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
So You Want to Know All about her. Who she really is. (Was?) Why she swerved off the high road. Hard left to nowhere,… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
“I don’t belong here. I know that. But I don’t belong anywhere else, either. And that is at the heart of the black depression… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
Six months since we met up again we are inseparable, an intricate weave. No longer do I believe this is a temporary fling. More… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
Afraid to Die Loveless Because I think if you die without knowing love in this life, that's how you'll spend eternity. Alone. Frozen. — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share
