I keep a writer's notebook and also put all my daily schedules and to-do lists in it. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Every writer needs new material now and then, whether it's traveling to Japan, volunteering at a food bank, learning a new language,… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
One of the most fun things for me, as a writer, is when readers ask questions like, 'Oh, I noticed that you… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, is an extension of thinking - it's my way of processing, and only when I've gotten something down on… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
What's the best way to ensure a supply of good books in the future? Support up-and-coming writers now. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Spend too much time alone with your own words, and your writing grows anemic, in dire need of a transfusion. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“Any act of writing is an act of empathy: you try to imagine yourself into another person’s mind and skin. I tried… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I would never tell myself, you have to write 20 pages today or something. But I do try to show up. Read… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
It's so easy, as a writer, to get stuck in your own head, to live in the little worlds you create. To… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Every single day, authors read at bookstores and libraries - and coffeeshops and bars - all over the country. And these readings… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to have many teachers who encouraged me - one of the first was Dianne Derrick, my 5th grade teacher… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Let's stop reflexively comparing Chinese writers to Chinese writers, Indian writers to Indian writers, black writers to black writers. Let's focus on… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about people who have the best intentions and think - really, truly think - that they're… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
The writer's job, after all, is not to dictate meaning, but to give the reader enough pieces to create his or her… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
In fiction you're not often writing about the typical; you are interested in outliers, the points of interest. Part of it comes… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
The competitions between fiction and nonfiction, short and long, electronic and paper, are not battles in which there can be only one… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Buying new books supports the writer by providing both a royalty and an audience; a writer whose book sells well has a… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
With the first novel, I was concerned I would be pigeon-holed as an Asian-American writer, and the book would be labeled for… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Comparing Asian writers mainly to other Asian writers implies that we're all telling the same story - a disappointingly reductive view. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a mystery or thriller writer, honestly. I am in awe of mystery writers and don't think… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I am very active on Twitter and one thing that keeps popping up is "How do I balance having a kid and… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Writing is like shouting into the world. So when someone shouts back, it's a really big deal. To have people who read… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
In my own work, when I start off writing a scene, I don't know which physical details are going to turn out… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
There's a great joy in writing about a place you know very well, but there's also a lot of responsibility in trying… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
When you mention to people growing up in Cleveland they bring up the river catching on fire, or LeBron James leaving, they have these… — Celeste Ng Copy Share
It's so easy, as a writer, to get stuck in your own head, to live in the little worlds you create. To forget that… — Celeste Ng Copy Share
“All up and down the street the houses looked like any others—but inside them were people who might be happy, or taking refuge, or… — Celeste Ng Copy Share
No reader wants to sit through the same scene four times in a row, unless they're radically different. — Celeste Ng Copy Share
Debut novels are difficult because nobody knows you... they just don't find a huge audience, because that's how the market works. — Celeste Ng Copy Share
We have to figure out why we see the world in different ways and then how are we going to adjust so that we… — Celeste Ng Copy Share
“I have measured my life with coffee spoons and do I dare to eat a peach?' 'DO I DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE?” — Celeste Ng Copy Share
“No one, she had learned from experience, could stand such silence for long. If you waited long enough, someone would start talking, and more… — Celeste Ng Copy Share
“Most of the time, everyone deserves more than one chance. We all do things we regret now and then. You just have to carry… — Celeste Ng Copy Share
“Though she would never quite articulate it this way, resentment began to sheathe concern. ANGER IS FEAR'S BODYGUARD, a poster in the hospital hard… — Celeste Ng Copy Share
Spend too much time alone with your own words, and your writing grows anemic, in dire need of a transfusion. — Celeste Ng Copy Share
“Everyone sees race, Lex," said Moody. "The only difference is who pretends not to.” — Celeste Ng Copy Share
Browse Amazon reviews, and you'll see a surprising number of readers who believe one novel can summarize a country, its culture, and its people. — Celeste Ng Copy Share
Short of the dishonest, the illegal, and the cruel, there's only one thing my son could do that would really disappoint me: not liking… — Celeste Ng Copy Share
