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I did a lot of weird jobs, like most writers do.

~Celeste Ng

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There's this sense that whiteness is the default and does not need to be questioned. That you've got a race if you're black, or any kind of Asian, or any kind of Native American, but that you have no race if you are white.

~Celeste Ng

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I was freelance proof-reading, freelance editing, creating illustrated slides for doctors' presentations - just so I'd have enough money to take the time to write. That's how I got by.

~Celeste Ng

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My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low moments where I think I should just quit and become a waitress.

~Celeste Ng

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Writing, for me, is an extension of thinking - it's my way of processing, and only when I've gotten something down on the page have I thought through it fully.

~Celeste Ng

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With the first novel, I had to tell myself, 'No one is ever going to read it, so you might as well just write it.' With the second, I was pretty sure someone was going to read it.

~Celeste Ng

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With the first novel, I was concerned I would be pigeon-holed as an Asian-American writer, and the book would be labeled for Asian-Americans only.

~Celeste Ng

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I wrote 'Little Fires Everywhere' and sold the book in 2015, still the Obama years. The possibility of a Trump presidency was not on my radar.

~Celeste Ng

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Debut novels are difficult because nobody knows you... they just don't find a huge audience, because that's how the market works.

~Celeste Ng

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I loved growing up in Shaker Heights, and I really miss it.

~Celeste Ng

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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