Top 8 Quotes by Lauren DeStefano

About Lauren DeStefano

These are some quotes by American author Lauren DeStefano Author.

Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.

Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.

Lauren DeStefano

When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade kinds of books. I was getting frustrated, because I liked to read. My mother went to the library and got me a copy of 'The Other Side of Midnight' by Sidney Sheldon. It was my first adult book.

Lauren DeStefano

Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as a whole.

Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as a whole.

Lauren DeStefano

When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try to write a parable or make a point.

When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try to write a parable or make a point.

Lauren DeStefano

When I was growing up, there actually wasn't a lot of YA literature as it exists today. Most of the YA that I read was from the '60s and '70s, older than me.

When I was growing up, there actually wasn't a lot of YA literature as it exists today. Most of the YA that I read was from the '60s and '70s, older than me.

Lauren DeStefano

I realized how wonderful YA is and how I really wanted to write something that created that level of intrigue.

I realized how wonderful YA is and how I really wanted to write something that created that level of intrigue.

Lauren DeStefano

'Dystopian,' by definition, promises a darker story.

'Dystopian,' by definition, promises a darker story.

Lauren DeStefano

It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.

It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.

Lauren DeStefano

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