A rumor started a reputation that other people believed in…

Then come to realize that you're making mountains out of molehills. Realize how petty you've become. Sure, it may feel like you can't get…

— Jay Asher

Because it may seem like a small role now, but it matters. In the end, everything matters.

— Jay Asher

Don't give up on me now. I'm sorry. I guess that's an odd thing to say. Because isn't that what I'm doing? Giving up?

— Jay Asher

If you're angry, you don't have to write a poem dealing with the cause of your anger. But it needs to be an angry…

— Jay Asher

“Pero no puedes escaparte de ti misma. No puedes decidir no verte más. No puedes decidir apagar el ruido de tu cabeza.”

— Jay Asher

“When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life.”

— Jay Asher

I miss video games where the jump-kick was the trickiest combo to master.

— Jay Asher

“One day, at least it seemed that fast, she just stopped wanting to be a part of anything.”

— Jay Asher

And as I stood there in the hallway―alone―trying to understand what had just happened and why, I realized the truth: I wasn't worth an…

— Jay Asher

I was too weak to walk. At least, I thought I was too weak. But in truth, I was too weak to try.

— Jay Asher

Personally, I never understood the power of having books written about your experience - whatever that experience may be - until I wrote one…

— Jay Asher

Fiction is an easy way to talk about issues: I think it feels less preachy. You can have the students discuss characters in the…

— Jay Asher

'Fifty Shades' opened the door and made it easier to write about any issue that's controversial. It has helped other authors talk honestly.

— Jay Asher

If we know it's happening, and we're not having the discussion, we're contributing to the problem of making it seem like people can't open…

— Jay Asher

I can't. You can't rewrite the past.

— Jay Asher