Celeste Ng Quotes

Celeste Ng
American Author
Born: 1980
Book Me People Time Writing You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
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 there are people out there reading your work, people who may be deeply affected by what you do, that you are writing not just for yourself, but for them. Celeste Ng
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Spend too much time alone with your own words, and your writing grows anemic, in dire need of a transfusion. Celeste Ng
Alone Time Writing Words Too Much Own Too Too Much Time Spend Dire Much Your Grows Need
Short of the dishonest, the illegal, and the cruel, there's only one thing my son could do that would really disappoint me: not liking reading. Celeste Ng
Me Son Reading Would One Thing Only Only One Thing Could Cruel Disappoint Liking Short Dishonest Really Illegal Thing
My husband's parents were both English teachers for decades. Celeste Ng
Husband Parents Both Were Decades Teachers English
Before my son was even born, he already had two shelves of books. Celeste Ng
Son Before Books Born Had He Shelves Even Two
Even if Pearl S. Buck hadn't spent most of her life in China, she'd have every right to write about it. Celeste Ng
Life Every Spent About Write Buck Most She China Even Her Right Pearl
Browse Amazon reviews, and you'll see a surprising number of readers who believe one novel can summarize a country, its culture, and its people. Celeste Ng
You Culture People Country Believe Summarize See Browse Readers Surprising Amazon Reviews Who Novel Number
Can fiction teach us? Absolutely. Fiction has the power to illustrate place, era, and atmosphere in vivid detail. But it is not Anthropology for Dummies. Celeste Ng
Power Detail Atmosphere Vivid Absolutely Era Anthropology Fiction Place Us Teach Illustrate
The competitions between fiction and nonfiction, short and long, electronic and paper, are not battles in which there can be only one victor. After all, we exist in a world where more kinds of writing than ever are greeted with interest and enthusiasm. Celeste Ng
Writing World Enthusiasm Long Paper Battles Kinds More Only Between Nonfiction Exist Than Short Where Fiction After Which Interest Victor Electronic Ever Competitions
You may not be a fan of Twitter-fiction. That's okay. There are novels out there for you - big ones. Celeste Ng
You Big Okay Out Big Ones May Fan Novels
When my father finished his Ph.D., my mother went back for another bachelor's degree, this time in environmental science. Celeste Ng
Environmental Time Science Mother Father Degree Finished Bachelor Back Another His
My mother ended up getting a Ph.D. of her own, in chemistry, and eventually became a tenured professor. Celeste Ng
Mother Chemistry Own Became Up Ended Getting Eventually Professor Her
Writers, most of them, don't have a lot of resources. Celeste Ng
Resources Writers Most Lot Them
My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low moments where I think I should just quit and become a waitress. Celeste Ng
Me Writing Job Husband Become Think Those He Reminds Like Waitress Quit Just Where Low Really Should Moments Treats
It's incredibly rewarding to have people come up to me at readings and say, 'I'm not Chinese, but this is the relationship I have with my mother.' Or say, 'Your book made me think a lot about my parents, and I've decided to sign up for counseling.' That is mind-boggling. Celeste Ng
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With the first novel, I was concerned I would be pigeon-holed as an Asian-American writer, and the book would be labeled for Asian-Americans only. Celeste Ng
Book First Would Would-Be Only Writer Concerned Pigeon-Holed Labeled Asian-American Novel
I wrote 'Little Fires Everywhere' and sold the book in 2015, still the Obama years. The possibility of a Trump presidency was not on my radar. Celeste Ng
Book Presidency Sold Everywhere Possibility Obama Fires Wrote Still Years Trump Little Radar
I loved growing up in Shaker Heights, and I really miss it. Celeste Ng
Heights Miss Up Loved Really Growing Growing Up
I think one of the reasons that I like fiction versus nonfiction is that I myself can kind of disappear from the story. Celeste Ng
Myself Think Kind Disappear Like Nonfiction Versus Fiction Story Reasons
What you look for as a reader is somebody who is going to take you and say, 'C'mon. Come into the story. I'm going to show you what there is to see.' The guide who is going to tell you, 'Pay attention over there,' or, 'Do you remember that other thing? Now watch!' Celeste Ng
You Remember Somebody Pay Pay Attention Other Guide Say Tell See Take Attention Over Come Look Reader Going Story Show Who Now Thing Watch
No reader wants to sit through the same scene four times in a row, unless they're radically different. Celeste Ng
Sit Unless Scene Through Reader Times Same Different Wants Radically Row Four
I'm really interested in how we understand each other - and whether we can understand each other. Celeste Ng
Other Understand How Whether Interested Really Each
For the first three years of his life, my son insisted on hearing 'Goodnight Moon' before bedtime. Like most babies, he was not a good sleeper by disposition - but reading seemed to help, and this book specifically became part of his whole wind-down ritual. Celeste Ng
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In my own work, when I start off writing a scene, I don't know which physical details are going to turn out to be meaningful. But, inevitably, certain images will stand out - you start to decide which ones are important as you go. Celeste Ng
Work You Writing Will Important Own Out Details Physical My Own Scene Know Inevitably Go Off Going Decide Which Turn Meaningful Certain Stand Start Images
I have a bad habit of reading more than one book simultaneously! Celeste Ng
Book Reading One Book Bad Bad Habit More Habit Simultaneously Than
Taste is idiosyncratic, so I don't love everything people recommend me, and I don't love everything my friends love. Celeste Ng
Love Me People Everything Recommend Friends Taste
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