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Celeste Ng Quotes

American - Author | 1980 -

Whenever I travel, I seem to get sick - it's probably inevitable when you're on a plane every single day.

Day Travel Sick You Inevitable Seem

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

Poet Realized Wanted Really Until

For me, any story I tackle begins with the human relationships and not the plot.

Me Story Relationships Human Plot

Let's stop reflexively comparing Chinese writers to Chinese writers, Indian writers to Indian writers, black writers to black writers. Let's focus on the writing itself: the characters, the language, the narrative style.

Style Focus Writing Black Language

Narratively speaking, innocent misunderstandings are disappointing. Arbitrary events are also disappointing. The stories that really grab our attention involve not accidents but people doing things on purpose - to get things they desperately want.

Purpose People Doing Attention Want

I lose pens a lot, so I don't use fancy ones.

Lose Fancy Use Lot Pens

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.

Believe Election Growing Way Nation

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

Heights Pittsburgh Just Before Moved

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.

Work Teacher Me Writing Important

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

Kid Idea No Idea Practical Course

Books by women, people of color, LGBTQ authors, differently abled people, and non-Americans are a great way of broadening horizons and building empathy.

Women Great Empathy People Building

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

Politics Influence Important Just

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