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Celeste Ng Quotes

American - Author | 1980 -

The competitions between fiction and nonfiction, short and long, electronic and paper, are not battles in which there can be only one victor. After all, we exist in a world where more kinds of writing than ever are greeted with interest and enthusiasm.

Writing World Short Enthusiasm Long

You may not be a fan of Twitter-fiction. That's okay. There are novels out there for you - big ones.

You Okay Out Big May Fan

The proliferation of styles, genres, and media need not be the death knell of anything. Instead, it's a sign that our acceptance for variation and experimentation has become wider, our interests have become more diverse, and our appetites have become more omnivorous.

Acceptance Death Media Become Need

Growing up, I loved looking at the photos in my mother's old Betty Crocker cookbook: the chocolate cakes, the cookie house, even the cheese balls and fondues.

Mother Growing Up Looking Loved

My mother is deeply pragmatic by nature. Perhaps you had to be, as an immigrant. You made do.

Nature Mother You Immigrant Made

When my father finished his Ph.D., my mother went back for another bachelor's degree, this time in environmental science.

Father Mother Science Time Back His

My mother ended up getting a Ph.D. of her own, in chemistry, and eventually became a tenured professor.

Mother Chemistry Up Own Professor

Writing is like shouting into the world. So when someone shouts back, it's a really big deal. To have people who read hundreds and hundreds of books a year say, 'Hey, we thought this was really great,' that's a huge self-esteem boost.

Great People Writing World Thought

Writers, most of them, don't have a lot of resources.

Resources Most Lot Them Writers

I did a lot of weird jobs, like most writers do.

Weird Like Most Did Jobs Lot

There's this sense that whiteness is the default and does not need to be questioned. That you've got a race if you're black, or any kind of Asian, or any kind of Native American, but that you have no race if you are white.

Black American You White Kind Race

My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low moments where I think I should just quit and become a waitress.

Job Me Writing Husband Think Become

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