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I was writing my first book when I was in college. I was a teenager. Jenny Han
Book Writing College First Teenager
As a child, I spent a lot of summers going to the beach with family friends. Jenny Han
Family Summers Spent Beach Lot Friends Child Going
I think most girls have that moment when boys they've known their whole life see them in a different way. Jenny Han
Life Girl Think Way See Most Known Boy Different Them Moment Whole Different Way
It's far too rare an experience for Asian American girls to see themselves in media. Jenny Han
Experience Rare Girl Too See American Asian Asian-American Far Themselves Media
I always think about race as a part of one's identity, not the whole of one's identity. You don't want it to be the defining characteristic of a character. There has to be more. Jenny Han
Character You Think Defining Characteristic About More Part Identity Always Want Race Whole
Writing is just always hard for me. It always feels like drawing blood. It's never particularly easy. Jenny Han
Me Writing Drawing Easy Never Feels Like Particularly Always Blood Just Hard
I think, generally, romantic stories end with people together. But I'd like a story that ends, like, hopefully but not necessarily neatly. Jenny Han
Together People Think Hopefully Generally Like End Ends Romantic Stories Story Neatly Necessarily
Sometimes readers want some escapist fun, to get lost in the story. But light-hearted romantic stories can and should star all kinds of girls. Jenny Han
Sometimes Girl Lost Kinds Some Light-Hearted Readers Escapist Get Want Romantic Stories Story Should Fun Star
I do end up revealing a lot online, but in books, what I reveal is more tailored. Authors can couch revelations in fiction. With social media, no one wants to watch or read if it doesn't feel authentic, so you end up giving away a lot of yourself. Jenny Han
You Yourself Social Media Giving Books Online More Couch Tailored No-One Feel Read Reveal Revealing Revelations Lot End Up Authentic Authors Fiction Wants Social Media Away Watch
Even as a full-grown adult, it can still feel destabilizing when your family goes through changes. Jenny Han
Family Changes Through Adult Feel Still Goes Your Even
We learn so much about the world by what we take in through movies and TV and books - we learn who's worthy of having their story told. Jenny Han
World Books TV Worthy About Having Through Take Learn Story Movies Much
I might just be the luckiest girl ever. Jenny Han
Girl Just Be Just Might Luckiest Ever
I always know what time it is. Jenny Han
Time Know Always
It's fairly common to get something optioned but really rare to actually see it become a movie. Jenny Han
Rare Become See Something Fairly Get Common Movie Really Actually
With Asian-Americans actors, specifically, there's been fewer opportunities for them in TV and film and fewer that have the ability to actually make a career out of it. It becomes a bit of a chicken and egg situation, where they're like, 'Oh, but they're not famous names,' but they haven't had a chance to be in anything yet, either. Jenny Han
Opportunities Situation Bit Out TV TV And Film Ability Had Like Names Make Becomes Been Chicken Egg Fewer Oh Famous Where Anything Either Them Film Actor Specifically Actually Career Chance
The American girl doesn't look just one kind of way - not in 2018, not ever. Jenny Han
Girl Way Kind Look American Just Just One Ever
I think that's what distinguishes YA from adult fiction - it's not just the age of the characters, but it's the sense of hope. Because I don't think I've ever read a YA book that feels completely hopeless at the end. Jenny Han
Hope Age Book Hopeless Sense Think Distinguishes Characters Adult Feels Read Ya Because End Just Fiction Ever
College applications are such a huge part of senior year, yet often times you never see characters in books actually do work. Jenny Han
Work You College Year Books Characters See Never Part Huge Times Huge Part Often Senior Senior Year Actually Applications
You don't really know when the last time you're going to do something is; the middle can often be a bit blurry. Firsts are very potent. Jenny Han
Time You Bit Something Potent Know Very Going Often Middle Really Last Last Time
The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing for young people. You feel like you can help shape somebody. Jenny Han
You People Writing Somebody Young Think Books Stay Shape Feel Like Read Privilege Forever Person Biggest Young People Young Person Help
I think that sometimes we put undue pressure on stories featuring people of color, and I hope we get to a point where it's not such a rarity to see a person of color be the hero of a story, so that it can just be a story and not have to carry so much weight. Jenny Han
Hope People Sometimes Hero Pressure Just Be Think Carry See Rarity Color Point Weight Put Person Get Just Where Stories Story Much
I not only play at the prestigious classical concert halls like Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, but also hospitals, churches, prisons, and restricted facilities for leprosy patients, just to mention a few. Ji-Hae Park
Few Carnegie Carnegie Hall Churches Prestigious Classical Restricted Only Facilities Mention Hospitals Like Also Concert Hall Halls Prisons Just Patients Center Leprosy Play Kennedy
I might look successful and happy being in front of you today, but I once suffered from severe depression and was in total despair. Ji-Hae Park
Today Depression You Happy Despair Once Severe Total Look Front Being Might Successful Suffered
I want to make my music a genre that people can immediately identify: something that never existed. Ji-Hae Park
Music People Immediately Something Never Identify Genre Make Existed Want
Classical music can rock you! Ji-Hae Park
Music You Classical Classical Music Rock
Consolation of music is different from the one of words. It starts from the inside... It cries with you instead of telling you to stop crying. Ji-Hae Park
Music You Words Starts Cries Consolation Telling Inside Instead Crying Stop Different
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