58 Celeste Ng Quotes for You to Enjoy

Celeste Ng

American Author

Born: 1980

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It's easy to feel helpless - like you can't fight the tide. But remember: small actions can have a huge impact, and one person like you can inspire others to action. Celeste Ng

You Fight Inspire Remember Action Others Easy Impact Small Feel Like Tide Huge Huge Impact Person Actions Helpless

My parents used books as bribes: if I got straight A's on my report card, they would buy me one book. This was completely unnecessary, as I always got A's, and they bought me books all the time anyway, and we all knew it. Celeste Ng

Buy Time Me Book Parents Books One Book Unnecessary Would Knew Bought Always Got Report Anyway Straight Used Bribe Card

I wanted to write a book about people who have the best intentions and think - really, truly think - that they're doing the right thing. And then they realize that when those ideals come knocking at their windowsill, a lot of times they will suddenly disavow those ideals. Celeste Ng

Best Book People Doing The Right Thing Will Think Right Thing Those Best Intentions About Write Knocking Come Ideals Doing Truly Lot Times Intentions Wanted The Right Thing Realize Then Really Who Suddenly Right Thing

One of the most fun things for me, as a writer, is when readers ask questions like, 'Oh, I noticed that you have a lot of water and baptism imagery in your book. Did you do that on purpose?' Celeste Ng

I moved to Shaker Heights from Pittsburgh, PA, just before I turned 10. Celeste Ng

Before Heights Just Moved Pittsburgh Pa Turned

Of course, as a kid, I had no idea what was practical: I wanted to be a paleontologist, then an astronaut. Celeste Ng

Kid Astronaut No Idea Had Idea Practical Course Wanted Then

I began using the #smallacts hashtag on Twitter shortly after the 2016 election as a way to resist. To resist the intolerance growing in our nation, to resist an upcoming administration that I believe threatens to pull us backward and strip rights from those already marginalized. Celeste Ng

Local politics is just as important as national - and often easier to influence. Celeste Ng

Politics Important National Local Easier Often Just Influence

For me, any story I tackle begins with the human relationships and not the plot. Celeste Ng

Me Relationships Plot Tackle Begins Any Human Story Human Relationships

My mother wrote a teen column for the South China Morning Post in the 1950s when she was growing up in Hong Kong. Her name was Lily Mark, but she sometimes wrote under her confirmation name, Margaret Mark. That was how she met my father. Celeste Ng

Morning Post Sometimes Mother Father Met Teen Mark Hong Kong Column Name Wrote She Lily Kong How South Up Confirmation China Growing Growing Up Her Margaret