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We have a tendency to put ourselves last, we concentrate on everything else; work, friends, family, home issues, but we ignore the deeper stuff until it becomes so compressed that it can explode.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: Becomes Concentrate Deeper Else Everything Everything Else Explode Family Friends Home Ignore Issues Last Ourselves Put Stuff Tendency Until Work

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Don't force yourself to write. Some people can write a novel in a few months, whereas for others it can take over a year. I'm lucky to be one of the former - but, even so, if I'm not in the mood to write, I won't. I'll go off, do something else and come back to it when I'm ready.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: Back Come Else Even Few Force Former Go Lucky Months Mood Novel Off Others Over People Ready Some Some People Something Something Else Take Whereas Write Year Yourself

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Whenever I go to Germany I find that my readers have T-shirts with my book covers printed on them. They come to all the events, they have gifts and they come with their families. They are always very open to sharing their personal stories.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: Always Book Come Covers Events Families Find Germany Gifts Go Open Personal Printed Readers Sharing Stories Them Very Whenever T-Shirts

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I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: Am Because Happy Most Need Night Space Space And Time Time Write Writing I Am

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After having my baby I felt like I'd been introduced to my life, I slowed down, I paid more attention to simple things, I addressed a few issues in my own life, I even got married, I looked at what was important and what wasn't, and so I used that experience for inspiration.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: After Attention Baby Been Down Even Experience Felt Few Got Having Important Inspiration Introduced Issues Life Like Looked Married More My Life My Own Own Paid Simple Simple Things Things Used

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I always like to entertain, first of all, and if the readers take anything away from it that helps them with their own lives, well then, that is a bonus.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: Always Anything Away Bonus Entertain First First Of All Helps Like Lives Own Readers Take Them Then Well

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I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative than typing, and it's a more visual process for me - I can picture the entire scene in my head and am merely writing what I see.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: Am Creative Entire Feeling Feels Head Longhand Love Me Merely More Novels Paper Pen Picture Process Scene See Than Typing Visual Write Writing I See I Love I Can I Write

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Oh, I talk about things; I drive my husband insane. And I can't tell a lie. Everyone knows. I do this smile thing.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: About Drive Everyone Husband Insane Knows Lie Oh Smile Talk Tell Thing Things

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I would love to write a mystery - a romantic, funny mystery.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: Funny Love Mystery Romantic Would Write

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I want a character to wake up one day and feel like, 'I can face it'. That, to me, is happy. I want the characters to rescue themselves, though you use the relationships you have, to make you strong enough to be able to do that.

~Cecelia Ahern

Topics: Able Character Characters Day Enough Face Feel Happy Like Make Me One Day Relationships Rescue Strong Themselves Though Up Use Wake Wake Up Want You I Can

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Novelist

Born: September 30th, 1981

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