137 Quotes by Jason Reynolds

People always say time heals. Time doesn't necessarily heal anything. It allows you to manage things. There are occasions where you feel the pain as if it just happened, but you know that it's a fleeting moment.

The literary world has to compete with YouTube, Instagram, PlayStation, Xbox, Hulu.

Rap music was and is, for me, everything.

I've been told what I can't do my whole life.

All the academy will tell you that the language that is familiar to you is not appropriate. and that's not to say that there shouldn't be a standard, but when I come to school with my friends' language, my grandmother's language, the language in my mouth - you're going to tell me that's improper?

I believe that every character is a setting, a world with moving parts, and on the other hand, every setting is, in fact, a character - a living breathing thing with personality and backstory. The way stories come to life, at least for me, is when these elements commune in relationship to one another.

I write about six to seven hours a day, five days a week, unless I'm traveling.

The idea of the mask in any scenario has always fascinated me. Not only does it protect identity, it also allows one to hide.

I have a hard time with people who say they write for children but they don't really like children. I love children. I love talking with them.