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I think the reason teenage fiction is so popular with adults is that adults hunger for narrative just as badly as teenagers do. Patrick Ness adultbadlyfiction Change image and share on social
In some ways. I always feel between worlds, between cultures, and I think that's not necessarily a bad place for a writer to be. Writers are kind of on the fringe anyway, observing, writing things down. I'm still mostly American, but it's a nice tension. Patrick Ness americanbadculture share on social
How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'. Patrick Ness callclimaxexit Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
