I'm not interested in writing for adults. I like them as people! I don't like the way they publish books in that… — John Green Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel, you spend four years sitting in your basement and a year waiting for the book to come… — John Green Copy Share Image
As I recall, you promised to CALL when you finished the book, not text. — John Green Copy Share Image
They belong to their readers now, which is a great thing–because the books are more powerful in the hands of my readers… — John Green Copy Share Image
Throughout the book, she refers to herself as "the side effect," which is just totally correct. Cancer kids are essentially side effects… — John Green Copy Share Image
Colin emphatically pushed the book cover shut when he finished reading. "Did you like it?" His dad asked. "Yup," Colin said. He… — John Green Copy Share Image
All along — not only since she left, but for a decade before — I had been imagining her without listening, without… — John Green Copy Share Image
It's like people believe all you need to do is like the same bands in order to be soulmates. Or book. Oh… — John Green Copy Share Image
The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Every book title becomes infinitely better if 'in your pants' or 'from your pants' is added to the title.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“My favorite book, by a wide margin, was An Imperial Affliction, but I didn’t like to tell people about it. Sometimes, you… — John Green Copy Share Image
Have you really read all those books in your room?” Alaska laughing- “Oh God no. I’ve maybe read a third of ‘em.… — John Green Copy Share Image
We must strike down the insidious lie that a book is the creation of an individual soul labouring in isolation. We must… — John Green Copy Share Image
I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Great books help you understand, and they help you to feel understood.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“I walked to his bedside table next. Infinite Mayhem. the ninth sequel to The Prince of Dawn, lay atop the table next… — John Green Copy Share Image
“there are books which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like… — John Green Copy Share Image
“At times, quotes from the books talk more about our lives than on the lives of the characters.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world… — John Green Copy Share Image
I change my keyboard between every book. I usually shop around. I'm very passionate about the physical feel of pressing the keys.… — John Green Copy Share Image
I am a grenade," I said again. "I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be… — John Green Copy Share Image
Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause — John Green Copy Share Image
She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -… — John Green Copy Share Image
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Traffic's not too bad on Sheridan, and I'm cornering the car like it's the Indy 500, and we're listening to my favorite NMH song,… — John Green Copy Share Image
So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls. — John Green Copy Share Image
