When you mention to people growing up in Cleveland they bring up the river catching on fire, or LeBron James leaving, they… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Browse Amazon reviews, and you'll see a surprising number of readers who believe one novel can summarize a country, its culture, and… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Narratively speaking, innocent misunderstandings are disappointing. Arbitrary events are also disappointing. The stories that really grab our attention involve not accidents but… — 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
As a historically voracious reader - pre-baby, I averaged a book every week or two, and when I was a kid, I'd… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I'm very much a people pleaser, and the first book had such a devoted and loving following. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Taste is idiosyncratic, so I don't love everything people recommend me, and I don't love everything my friends love. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“...the thing about portraits is, you need to show people the way they want to be seen. And I prefer to show… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I think this is something that is naturally built in in people, a need for attention and a need to be special… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
If a news camera shows up, people will line up, they want to be seen. But at the same time they want… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
It's incredibly rewarding to have people come up to me at readings and say, 'I'm not Chinese, but this is the relationship… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
The people are maybe still as aware of the differences but they are more accepting of it that what we saw in… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
In the case of 'Everything I Never Told You,' my goal was to make the experiences of a family that had always… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
If you told people you were moving to Ohio, they wouldn't congratulate you. They'd say "OH WHY would you move there?" as… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the ways people under repressive regimes still manage to share information - and joy. — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
No reader wants to sit through the same scene four times in a row, unless they're radically different. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 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
“Everyone sees race, Lex," said Moody. "The only difference is who pretends not to.” — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
