19 Gayle Forman Quotes for You to Enjoy

Gayle Forman

American Author

Born: Jun 5, 1970

Book Life Love Me People You

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

If the spectrum linking everyday depression to Major Depression sometimes hinders understanding of it, it also offers an opportunity for empathy. Because almost everyone, at some point, experiences feelings of sadness, of hopelessness, of emptiness, not to mention lethargy and irritability. Gayle Forman

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I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true. Gayle Forman

I didn't even start college until I was 21. Gayle Forman

College Until Even Start

I think traveling made me who I am. When I was 16, I was an exchange student in England, and that was the year that I kind of feel like I was on the road going one direction in life, and it just kind of shifted me over, and I finished high school, and I went traveling for three more years instead of going to college. Gayle Forman

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I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and thought: 'I want to do that!' I always told stories and wrote them down, but I never thought writing was a career path, even though, clearly, someone was writing the books and newspapers and magazines. Gayle Forman

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As an author, I really hate a reader like me. There's no loyalty. Gayle Forman

Loyalty Me Hate Like Reader Author Really

Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous. Gayle Forman

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Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story. Gayle Forman

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As we get older, we tend to think it is less OK to be vulnerable and to feel what we feel. It's kind of bull. We all still feel things pretty deeply. It just becomes less socially acceptable to express that. Gayle Forman

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Most of us have days or weeks or months so awful, we wish we'd never been born. Gayle Forman

Wish Months Born Weeks Never Days Most Been Us Awful

I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with. Gayle Forman

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I don't have a lot of men in my life. I'm married, but I have daughters. I'm surrounded by a lot of females in my world. Gayle Forman

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I wrote my first novel when my daughter was about six months old. Gayle Forman

Old Daughter First Months About Wrote Six Novel

I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book. Gayle Forman

People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia. Gayle Forman

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