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" I have a beautiful pair of Giuseppe Zanotti black pumps that make me feel like a model every time I put them on. I have a pair of Jimmy Choo flats I would marry, if I could. "
Lauren Oliver
Black
Time
Beautiful
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" I think 'Voldemort' is definitely the scariest villain. "
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" With 'Delirium,' I had to spend time thinking about the political, social and religious structure of a different world. But it was a fun challenge. "
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Time
Fun
Challenge
" There are times I wish I was more conventional. I would get a husband and a baby and a big SUV in the 'burbs and be happy. But forging my own way - my career, my relationships with wonderful but troubled people - that's who I am. "
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" I think all artists are only interested in a couple of themes, really. I'm primarily interested in change and connection as being this restorative force. I write about them because that's what I think about in my own life. "
Lauren Oliver
My Own
Connection
Life
" I love to sleep. I'm an excellent, excellent sleeper. "
Lauren Oliver
I Love
Sleeper
Sleep
" Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future. "
Lauren Oliver
Hope
Help
Process
" I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free time, I choose to write and edit. "
Lauren Oliver
Love
Choose
Writing
" I often write two books simultaneously. Usually one of them starts out as a fun experiment designed to give me a daily break from the real book I'm writing. And then that becomes a real book too. "
Lauren Oliver
Daily
Book
Writing
" Finishing books - and leaving the world you've created - is always a kind of emotionally wrenching experience. I usually cry. "
Lauren Oliver
You
Cry
Experience
" You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue. "
Lauren Oliver
You
Life
Reach
" My parents were pretty liberal, but they were still parents. I definitely had my teenage rebellion. "
Lauren Oliver
Had
Liberal
Parents
" I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting. This often means that I'm drawing from my experiences and observations. "
Lauren Oliver
Drawing
Feel
I Can
" I worked in publishing before I became an author, so I knew how a book gets made. "
Lauren Oliver
Publishing
How
Book
" I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature. "
Lauren Oliver
Lot
Feel
Down
" I was a troubled teen and I was constantly looking for someone to throw me a rope. Those ropes are connections. They allow us to see that life exists beyond the little worlds we are currently a part of. "
Lauren Oliver
Connections
Us
Teen
" I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears. "
Lauren Oliver
Reflection
Also
Fears