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If you see harassment happening, speak up. Being harassed is terrible; having bystanders pretend they don't notice is infinitely worse.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Being Happening Harassment Having Infinitely Notice Pretend See Speak Terrible Up Worse You

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In fiction you're not often writing about the typical; you are interested in outliers, the points of interest. Part of it comes from feeling I was the only Asian or person of colour... another part comes from my personality: I'm an introvert, and my usual survival mode in a large group is to stand by a wall and watch everybody.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: About Another Asian Colour Everybody Feeling Fiction Group Interest Interested Introvert Large Large Group Mode Often Only Part Person Personality Points Stand Survival Typical Usual Wall Watch Writing You

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Narratively speaking, innocent misunderstandings are disappointing. Arbitrary events are also disappointing. The stories that really grab our attention involve not accidents but people doing things on purpose - to get things they desperately want.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Accidents Also Arbitrary Attention Desperately Disappointing Doing Events Get Grab Innocent Involve Misunderstandings Our People Purpose Really Speaking Stories Things Want

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Gore isn't required for a good story, but adversity is.

~Celeste Ng

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I wanted to write a book about people who have the best intentions and think - really, truly think - that they're doing the right thing. And then they realize that when those ideals come knocking at their windowsill, a lot of times they will suddenly disavow those ideals.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: About Best Book Come Doing Doing The Right Thing Ideals Intentions Knocking Lot People Realize Really Right Right Thing Suddenly The Right Thing Then Thing Think Those Times Truly Wanted Who Will Write

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It's incredibly rewarding to have people come up to me at readings and say, 'I'm not Chinese, but this is the relationship I have with my mother.' Or say, 'Your book made me think a lot about my parents, and I've decided to sign up for counseling.' That is mind-boggling.

~Celeste Ng

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It's easy to feel helpless - like you can't fight the tide. But remember: small actions can have a huge impact, and one person like you can inspire others to action.

~Celeste Ng

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For me, any story I tackle begins with the human relationships and not the plot.

~Celeste Ng

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The competitions between fiction and nonfiction, short and long, electronic and paper, are not battles in which there can be only one victor. After all, we exist in a world where more kinds of writing than ever are greeted with interest and enthusiasm.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: After Battles Between Competitions Electronic Enthusiasm Ever Exist Fiction Interest Kinds Long More Nonfiction Only Paper Short Than Victor Where Which World Writing

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One of the things I like so much about 'Goodnight Moon' is the way it leaves room for ambiguity.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: About Ambiguity Goodnight Leaves Like Moon Much One Of The Things Room Things Way

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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