377 Quotes by Celeste Ng

I think one of the reasons that I like fiction versus nonfiction is that I myself can kind of disappear from the story.

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.

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!'

No reader wants to sit through the same scene four times in a row, unless they're radically different.

As the Trump administration takes office - and we see acts of racism, misogyny, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination around the country - ask yourself, 'What's important to me? What do I care about? What have I benefitted from that I want to pay forward?' Then look for ways to spread help and hope.

I'm really interested in how we understand each other - and whether we can understand each other.

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

We have to figure out why we see the world in different ways and then how are we going to adjust so that we can at least still understand each other.

There's a great joy in writing about a place you know very well, but there's also a lot of responsibility in trying to be accurate. It's a lot like writing about a relative: you can see both their strengths and their shortcomings, and even as you want to be honest, you want people to see the good that's there as well.