There's a certain trope in young adult fiction. A young girl gets cancer and becomes this radiant person who's a fountain of insight. Everyone who encounters her is changed for the better. That doesn't happen all the time. The whole… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
I think screenwriting gave me more of an affinity for plot - my first novel, 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,' doesn't have a very sophisticated roadmap. But screenwriting required me to learn a higher level of plottiness, and… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
James Joyce actually is rewarding you in all of these incredible ways. — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“We used to be pretty good friends, but fourteen-year-old girls are psychotic.” — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“I entered Excessive Modesty Mode. Nothing is stupider and more ineffective than Excessive Modesty Mode. It is a mode in which you show that… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I didn't read a ton of teen fiction, and now I feel like I wish that I had. — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I tried to… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“this book probably makes it seem as if I hate myself and everything I do. I mostly just hate every person I've ever *been*… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I was undeveloped and out of touch. The arts was another arena in which to do combat and challenge myself. I… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“It's like when a kitten tries to bite something to death. The kitten clearly has the cold-blooded murderous instinct of a predator, but at… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“The sentence should be: “I was pleasantly surprised when the first day of senior year did not make me want to freak out and… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
