Sarah Dessen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“If I had to pick, I'd say my favorite book is 'A Prayer For Owen Meany', by John Irving.”

“I really just love to read, period, whether it be books or magazines or the back of the cereal box. It's the one thing I can always count on to calm me down, take me away and inspire me, all at once.”

“Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as I can, but you reach a point as the author where you have lost all perspective.”

“I've never envied the person who had to put my books together in one script.”

“I've changed in my sympathies since I've become a mother myself. In high school I went through a period where I was close with my mom and had to break with her in order to find myself and come back. Since that was my experience, that's often what happens in my books.”

“In high school, I was lucky enough to have a big group of girlfriends that have really inspired a lot of the stories in my books. I'm still close with my friends from that time, so it's never very hard to put myself back into that place, that voice.”

“I was always a big reader, mostly because my parents were.”

“I was so thrilled that I was having a girl, because I just am so girly myself, but I think the teenage years are going to be very interesting.”

“I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.”

“I've been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember.”