22 Marie Lu Quotes for You to Enjoy

Marie Lu

American Author

Born: 1984

Book Fan First Me Myself Writing

Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar

It feels like it's the end of the world if you don't do well on your SATs. Marie Lu

You World Feels Like Well End End Of The World Your

Writing the first draft of a new story is incredibly difficult for me. I will happily do revisions, because once I can see the words on the page, I can go about ripping them up and moving scenes around. A blank page, though? Terrifying. I'm always angsty when I'm working my way through a first draft. Marie Lu

Me Writing Words Will First Difficult Incredibly Once Way Though See Ripping About Scenes Through Blank Blank Page New Because Terrifying Around Always Go Up New Story Story Happily Moving Them Working Page Draft

I'm fascinated by young people who do extraordinary things. Marie Lu

People Young Extraordinary Extraordinary Things Young People Who Fascinated Things

As a writer, I try to appeal to the 'elusive boy audience' the same way I try to appeal to everyone: I do the very best I can to create interesting characters, addictive plots, tons of conflict, believable settings, unexpected plot twists, intriguing beginnings, and satisfying endings. Marie Lu

Best Conflict Try Settings Addictive Everyone Elusive Way Plot Characters Plots Intriguing Writer Audience Boy Very Beginnings Same Unexpected Endings Interesting Interesting Characters Create Appeal Believable Satisfying Twists Tons

I remember playing 'Mortal Kombat' when I was a kid and the other 'Tekken'-style games. Marie Lu

Remember Other Kid Mortal Games Playing

What can I say: I'm a writer - I enjoy forcing pain and suffering on my characters! Marie Lu

Suffering Forcing Pain Enjoy Say Characters Writer

I receive emails from readers that both break my heart and give me a profound sense of connection. Several months ago, I received an email from a teacher who told me that 'Legend' was the first book one of her troubled young students had ever read to the end. He cried when he finished it. Stories like that stay with you forever. Marie Lu

Teacher Me You Heart Book Finished First Legend Young Sense Cried Email Months Emails Several Stay Give Give Me Both Troubled Students Had He Like Read Readers End Forever Stories Break Who Connection Ever Her Receive Received Profound

I remember my favorite books when I was a kid: 'The Redwall Adventure' series, 'Ender's Game,' things like that. Marie Lu

Game Remember Books Kid Favorite Adventure Like Series Things

Fantasy and science fiction are where my brain lives. Marie Lu

Science Science Fiction Brain Where Fiction Fantasy Lives

I have an obsession with describing hair. I don't know why - hair is just really pretty. Marie Lu

Hair Pretty Obsession Know Just Really Describing Why

I used to work in the video game industry before I became a full-time writer. Marie Lu

Work Game Before Writer Industry Became Video Video Game Used Full-Time

Comics and animation have some of the deepest stories I've ever seen. Marie Lu

Seen Some Animation Comics Stories Ever Deepest

I'm one of those people that, if I'm sad or depressed, I don't talk to people about it. I bottle it in. Marie Lu

Sad People Those About Bottle Talk Depressed

I think writing is very, very therapeutic. Marie Lu

Writing Think Very Therapeutic

I think I was always meant to write dark stories. Marie Lu

Dark Think Write Always Stories Meant

Fantasy and science fiction are my comfort spot. Marie Lu

Science Comfort Science Fiction Spot Fiction Fantasy

I had an erroneous idea that writing a duology would be simpler than writing a trilogy because I would get to cut out the middle book. It turns out it was actually harder because 'Wildcard' became this combination of having to write a book two and three at the same time. Marie Lu

Time Book Writing Three Out Would Would-Be Trilogy Having Write Simpler Had Idea Combination Became Because Than Get Same Same Time Middle Cut Turns Harder Actually Two

Growing up, I didn't know any writers and felt somewhat isolated. Marie Lu

Somewhat Writers Know Felt Isolated Up Any Growing Growing Up

When I was young, I drew as often as I wrote. Marie Lu

Young Drew Wrote Often

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