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Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 32

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My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even if I want to.

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even if I want to.

Book, Want, Needs

Interview with Claire Zulkey, www.wbez.org. January 13, 2012.

I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be turned away. Not everything is a winner, which is tough when you've devoted eight or nine months of your life to something.

Book, Editors, Eight

Interview with Claire Zulkey, www.wbez.org. January 13, 2012.

Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but the world.

Teaching, Writing, People

I think if you're going to show a true representation of any one life, it can't be about any one thing. I try to see more of a full picture, with the romance just a single part.

Thinking, Romance, Trying

"Author Interview: Sarah Dessen on Just Listen". Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith, cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com. December 12, 2006.

I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what I know.

Writing, Thinking, Historical

"We heart YA" blog Interview, www.weheartya.com. June 13, 2013.

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.

Thinking, Behind You, Company

"We heart YA" blog Interview, www.weheartya.com. June 13, 2013.

My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was there, my parents, everybody I worked with, all my friends. So I had this great first reading with a like hundred people there.

Nice, Reading, Independent

"We heart YA" blog Interview, www.weheartya.com. June 13, 2013.

In my group of friends, I was always the one who remembered everything. The stories, the boys my friends and I dated, all the details. So I think a part of me was always filing them away, although at the time I wasn't sure why.

Boys, Thinking, Groups

"El Templo" Interview with Lucía Gayo, www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com. June 2013.

I never really know what I'm going to write next until it comes to me. So we'll just have to see what happens.

Writing, Next, Happens

"El Templo" Interview with Lucía Gayo, www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com. June 2013.

I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.

Book, Thinking, Reader

"El Templo" Interview with Lucía Gayo, www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com. June 2013.

I wasn't very happy in high school: it was a confusing and sort of sad time for me.

School, Confusing, Sad Times

"El Templo" Interview with Lucía Gayo, www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com. June 2013.

I'm just writing what I know. I've never been much of a reader of fantasy, and I think you write what you, personally, enjoy reading.

Reading, Writing, Thinking

"El Templo" Interview with Lucía Gayo, www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com. June 2013.

Every book teaches me something about my process, and they are all challenging in one way or another.

Book, Challenges, Way

"El Templo" Interview with Lucía Gayo, www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com. June 2013.

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 of myself. But then another idea starts percolating. It usually begins with the narrator's name, then some idea that intrigues me about her life or situation. I try to ignore it as long as I can, because I know when I start writing, I'll be right back into it, every single day. But eventually, I just have to. It's a compulsion!

Book, Writing, Tired

Source: fortheloveofya.com

My experience is that sequels are rarely as good as the originals.

Sequels, Originals

Interview with Adele Walsh, www.persnicketysnark.com. April 18, 2010.

I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a character or piece of dialog might be too much like something I've already done. So it's a challenge to keep it fresh.

Book, Character, Thinking

Interview with Adele Walsh, www.persnicketysnark.com. April 18, 2010.

All of my stories, they don't come from my high school experience, but they're definitely based on things that happened to me in high school, or things that happened to friends of mine, or things that I wish had happened to me.

School, Wish, Stories

Interview with Stephanie Mooney, www.weheartya.com. June 13, 2013.

I always wrote about girls that went to the beach and had that summer that changed everything. So I was interested in what it would be like to live in a tourist town where everyone has these life changing experiences, but your whole life is there.

Girl, Summer, Beach

Interview with Stephanie Mooney, www.weheartya.com. June 13, 2013.

When I was in high school, I was always really envious of those girls who seemed to have everything: the perfect hair, perfect clothes, perfect boyfriend, perfect life. It wasn't until I was older that I realized that nobody's life is perfect, and that those girls probably had a lot of the same problems I did.

Girl, School, Hair

"Author Interview: Sarah Dessen on Just Listen". Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith, cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com. December 12, 2006.

In school, writing was the only thing that really came naturally to me, but it wasn't until college that I realized that I could do it for more than just fun.

Fun, Writing, School

"Author Interview: Sarah Dessen on Just Listen". Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith, cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com. December 12, 2006.

I always have a goal, even if I keep it to myself. It allows me to keep pushing myself.

Goal, Pushing, Ifs

Some writers pick a topic and write around that, but I like to include it all.

Writing, Topics, Picks

"Saint Anything: book launch + Sarah Dessen interview + giveaway!". Interview with Wendy Darling, www.themidnightgarden.net. May 8, 2015.

I hated high school. I was not the greatest student, participated in no activities, and spent most of my time hanging out in my parking lot.

School, Students, Hated

"Author Interview: Sarah Dessen on Just Listen". Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith, cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com. December 12, 2006.

My dad is a retired Shakespeare professor, my mother a retired classicist. Suffice to say I grew up in a house full of books, where reading was encouraged if not required.

Mother, Dad, Book

"Author Interview: Sarah Dessen on Just Listen". Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith, cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com. December 12, 2006.

Once I’m done with a book, I’m done! I’m just not a sequel kind of girl. By the time I’ve finished a book I’ve read it so many times that it’s time to move on.

Girl, Moving, Book

"Saint Anything: book launch + Sarah Dessen interview + giveaway!". Interview with Wendy Darling, www.themidnightgarden.net. May 8, 2015.

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