Jay Asher Quotes

Fiction is an easy way to talk about issues: I think it feels less preachy. You can have the students discuss characters in the book as opposed to hypothetical situations, or as opposed to opening up about themselves, unless they really want to.

Jay Asher

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 30, 1975

Topics

BookThinkEasyYouWantWay

I was always a sports nut but I've lost interest now in whether one bunch of mercenaries in north London is going to beat another bunch of mercenaries from west London.

John Cleese

SportsLostNowLondonAlwaysBeat

On the issue of the gay marriage, I believe if people want to have private ceremonies, that's fine. I do not believe that gay marriages should be legal.

John McCain

MarriagePeopleBelieveLegalGay

Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.

Robert Higgs

WarEndIntentionsGoingMotives

It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in other countries from spreading onto American soil; and to maintain access to global sea lanes on which our economy depends. Beyond that, there is little or nothing in the world that should draw the United States to war.

Stephen Kinzer

SeaWarWorldAmericanNothingSoil

You have to be hopeful that people will be more educated in how they buy things, and hopefully more luxury brands will start to think that way on a longer-term basis.

Stella McCartney

PeopleStartThinkLuxuryYouWay

I'm going to the gym and really taking care of myself and trying to stay fit, eating properly.

Sondra Radvanovsky

MyselfEatingCareTryingGymGoing

A movie that I'm involved with and have a lot of love for, which is 'On The Road,' does use a lot of handheld. It can be done beautifully. I'm proud of that. It's a very beautiful movie.

Roman Coppola

LoveBeautifulRoadProudDoneVery

I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

WallsI AmSayingSuicideI CanSay

I don't give any merit to criticism. 'Country Girls (Shake it for Me),' I can see where people view that as sexist, but I just view that as having fun.

Luke Bryan

FunPeopleMeHaving FunCriticism

A lot of people, most people who are working, they do it for money. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. It so happens that I made a lot of money already, so I don't have to worry that much about it. I wouldn't fault anybody for doing it for the money, but it doesn't interest me right now.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

MoneyPeopleMeSayingWorryDoing

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark.

Boris Becker

SonReadingStoryNameBornKnow

Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.

Brit Marling

LifeNothingScaryUpLivedVery

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