American - Author | 1980 -
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.
Celeste Ng
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For the first three years of his life, my son insisted on hearing 'Goodnight Moon' before bedtime. Like most babies, he was not a good sleeper by disposition - but reading seemed to help, and this book specifically became part of his whole wind-down ritual.
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In my own work, when I start off writing a scene, I don't know which physical details are going to turn out to be meaningful. But, inevitably, certain images will stand out - you start to decide which ones are important as you go.
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One of the most fun things for me, as a writer, is when readers ask questions like, 'Oh, I noticed that you have a lot of water and baptism imagery in your book. Did you do that on purpose?'
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I have a bad habit of reading more than one book simultaneously!
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Taste is idiosyncratic, so I don't love everything people recommend me, and I don't love everything my friends love.
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I'm fascinated by the ways people under repressive regimes still manage to share information - and joy.
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Rebecca Solnit is a clarion voice of reason.
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What I remember about race relations in the 1990s is that you showed your awareness by saying you didn't see race, that you were colour-blind.
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As soon as I could write, I was writing stories.
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I have an interest in the outsider.
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I think, in the United States, we talk about race as a black and white issue... We're generally talking about it as if it's a binary equation whereas, in fact, there's more than two races and, in fact, those races blend together. There are a lot of different ways that people identify.
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