Quotes from Jay Asher

I had written a book that dealt with really serious issues. Was anybody going to want to read a Christmas love story from me?

She wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much.

I'm going to be mentally ill in fifteen years, and that's why my husband doesn't want to be around me.

I don't know anything about bullying in Huntington Beach specifically, but I would assume it's very similar to other places.

See, I'm not a very good musician.

I knew that part of the problem with sensitive issues is that, because they're uncomfortable to address, we have a hard time doing so honestly, if at all.

There's this stress that is relieved when you realize somebody understands, and that's only going to happen if you feel the person who's writing the book or the people in the TV show aren't holding back.

Bullying has been around forever, and so it became one of these issues that as an adult we look back on and say, 'Yeah, it's just one of those unfortunate parts of growing up.' You know you're not going to stop it, so it just became easier to call it one of those things that 'just happens.'

Of course I always like going to bookstores, but at stores, you're mostly meeting kids who are already into reading.

'Fifty Shades' opened the door and made it easier to write about any issue that's controversial. It has helped other authors talk honestly.

Did the poet use red to symbolize blood? Anger? Lust? Or is the wheelbarrow simply red because red sounded better than black?

A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, hope.

It seems like whenever a big newspaper or TV show talks about teen literature, they focus on dark books or vampire books. It's kind of this cliche. It seems like the only time adults pay attention is with that angle.

I was in Las Vegas, and there was a exhibit of King Tut's tomb, and it was an audio tour. At the very end of that, I just thought it would be a really cool structure for a novel, but I just didn't have a story to go along with it.

Because when you're posed, you know someone's watching. You put on your very best smile. You let your sweetest personality shine.

Rejection always hurts, but having it come from my best friend was the worst.

I miss video games where the jump-kick was the trickiest combo to master.