I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think having a good agent is key. I've been with mine for ten years now, and she's very honest with me.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't talk about my books while I'm writing them: not even my husband knows what a novel's about until it's done. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I just can't ever be a free spirit and just relax. When it comes to work, this is good. I'm very disciplined,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I never really know what I'm going to write next until it comes to me. So we'll just have to see what… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think as a writer one of the benefits is that you can put things that you're interested in into your books.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Some writers pick a topic and write around that, but I like to include it all. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs. I have to start writing even if it's miserable some days. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I've always written in first person. It gives the readers more insight. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I've found in my own life that if my writing isn't going well, not much else will. It is the one constant,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I love writing about the summer between high school and college. It's the last gasp of really being a teen. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Most people put off my mother's erratic behavior to the fact that she was a writer, as if that just explained everything.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think I'm way too much of a control freak to co-author anything with anyone. I have a hard enough time writing… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I've been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Usually when I finish the draft of a book, I'm sure I'll never write another one. I'm just that tired and sick… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I honestly don't have many creative outlets. I'm not crafty - although motherhood has forced me to try to be - and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In school, writing was the only thing that really came naturally to me, but it wasn't until college that I realized that… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I'm just writing what I know. I've never been much of a reader of fantasy, and I think you write what you,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's always been hard to call myself a writer. I think a part of me still thinks it's too good to be… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“At times, I found myself questioning his very existence, even though I knew I had, in fact, spotted him, with my own eyes.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his arms around… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself fo the next hit, and fel something. Something grainy and samll, sticking to the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
