Sarah Dessen Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“My books are so tame!”

“On the whole, I think I spent a lot of high school just trying to stay under the radar: I don't think I was all that memorable.”

“Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.”

“I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs. I have to start writing even if it's miserable some days.”

“I'm all about shrimpburgers, reading, and going to the beach.”

“You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.”

“I always wished I could move around and switch schools. It was hard to have these radical transformations. You'd think, 'I will be a totally different person tomorrow,' but it never worked.”

“I think my mother characters have changed a lot since Sasha was born, just because I understand what a hard job it is now, and I'm coming at it from another angle - like you just love and care about this person so much, and just want to protect them from everything.”

“I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing.”