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In 2011, I didn't read a single book.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Book Read Single

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As a historically voracious reader - pre-baby, I averaged a book every week or two, and when I was a kid, I'd routinely read a book a day - I never understood how some people could not read. When I heard people say they didn't have time to read, in my head, I simultaneously pitied and ridiculed them: there was always time to read.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Always Book Could Day Every Head Heard Historically How Kid Never People People Say Pitied Read Reader Ridiculed Say Simultaneously Some Some People Them Time Two Understood Voracious Week

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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

Topics: Asian-American Book Concerned First Labeled Novel Only Would Writer

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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

Topics: Book Everywhere Fires Little Obama Possibility Presidency Radar Sold Still Trump Wrote Years

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I'm very much a people pleaser, and the first book had such a devoted and loving following.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Book Devoted First Following Had Loving Much People Pleaser Very

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For the first three years of his life, my son insisted on hearing 'Goodnight Moon' before bedtime. Like most babies, he was not a good sleeper by disposition - but reading seemed to help, and this book specifically became part of his whole wind-down ritual.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Babies Became Bedtime Before Book Disposition First Good Goodnight He Hearing Help His Insisted Life Like Moon Most Part Reading Ritual Seemed Son Specifically Three Whole Years

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One of the most fun things for me, as a writer, is when readers ask questions like, 'Oh, I noticed that you have a lot of water and baptism imagery in your book. Did you do that on purpose?'

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Ask Baptism Book Did Fun Fun Things Imagery Like Lot Me Most Noticed Oh Purpose Questions Readers Things Water Writer You Your

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I have a bad habit of reading more than one book simultaneously!

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Bad Bad Habit Book Habit More One Book Reading Simultaneously Than

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It's always been a dream for me to play a comic book character.

~Celina Jade

Topics: Always Been Book Character Comic Comic Book Dream Me Play

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I actually love history. I've devoured book after book of stories from World War I and World War II. They're really two sections of world history that really interest me.

~Celine Buckens

Topics: Actually After Book Devoured History Interest Love Me Really Sections Stories Two War World World History World War World War I World War Ii

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