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" See, I'm not a very good musician. "
Jay Asher
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" I don't know anything about bullying in Huntington Beach specifically, but I would assume it's very similar to other places. "
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" I really love visiting schools - in fact, that's my favorite part of being an author now - even though I still get stage fright! When I visit schools, I know I'm going to be talking to some kids who don't like to read. "
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" Novels are a safe way to talk about things. "
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" It seems like whenever a big newspaper or TV show talks about teen literature, they focus on dark books or vampire books. It's kind of this cliche. It seems like the only time adults pay attention is with that angle. "
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" I miss video games where the jump-kick was the trickiest combo to master. "
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" Every action we have is going to have repercussions in ways we could not anticipate. "
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" I knew that part of the problem with sensitive issues is that, because they're uncomfortable to address, we have a hard time doing so honestly, if at all. "
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" It's important to make teens realize the influence they have over others. "
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" If we know it's happening, and we're not having the discussion, we're contributing to the problem of making it seem like people can't open up. "
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" Bullying has been around forever, and so it became one of these issues that as an adult we look back on and say, 'Yeah, it's just one of those unfortunate parts of growing up.' You know you're not going to stop it, so it just became easier to call it one of those things that 'just happens.' "
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" Of course I always like going to bookstores, but at stores, you're mostly meeting kids who are already into reading. "
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" I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming. "
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" When me and my author friends who write about other difficult subject matter... when you hear from teens daily saying, 'Your book helped me or made me understand a friend better, what somebody else is going through,' you see the positive things. "
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" There's this stress that is relieved when you realize somebody understands, and that's only going to happen if you feel the person who's writing the book or the people in the TV show aren't holding back. "
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" One of the things I found is that no matter where in the country - poor communities, rich communities - everybody deals with very similar issues of bullying. It's pretty widespread. "
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" Teens in the '90s had the same basic desires as they do now. "
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" Usually, when somebody really hates your book, they're not going to waste time on it, telling you what you need to work on. "
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" It's funny: when I go to a school and speak, and when they hear the back story about me, they want to go read the book. "
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" As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story. "
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" The Golden Rule will always be good advice! "
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" Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience. "
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" When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read. "
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