For me, when I start a novel, I only have a general sense of what I am going to do - usually three or four big scenes or something to which I can really respond emotionally. Patrick Ness bigemotionallygeneral Change image and share on social
If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating. Patrick Ness adultexcruciateexpectation share on social
It's fun being paid to read stuff and air your opinion about it - pretty much a dream job for a writer. Patrick Ness airdreamfun Change image and share on social
Anything that anybody wants to give me is great! I've had folk songs, heavy metal songs, jewellery... I would never call anything any fan gives me weird, as it's how people express what they like about the books, what it means to them, and that's a wonderful thing. Patrick Ness bookcallexpress 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
It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be. Patrick Ness agedivisiongenre Change image and share on social
I meet blind and partially-sighted young readers all the time, and it's a shock that so few books are available to them. Patrick Ness blindbookmeet Change image and share on social
