377 Quotes by Celeste Ng

Debut novels are difficult because nobody knows you... they just don't find a huge audience, because that's how the market works.

Now that I have a child of my own, I'm in awe of - and deeply grateful for - the time my parents spent in taking me to bookstores.

When reading fiction, we cannot automatically assume that what we read is fact.

I loved growing up in Shaker Heights, and I really miss it.

I really wanted to be a poet - until I realized that I really didn't have what it took to be a poet.

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

I was fortunate to have many teachers who encouraged me - one of the first was Dianne Derrick, my 5th grade teacher at Woodbury Elementary. She challenged us to write creatively and praised my work, but most importantly, she treated writing like it was important.

I'm very much a people pleaser, and the first book had such a devoted and loving following.

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