Stupid truth, always resisting simplicity John Green More Quotes by John Green More Quotes From John Green Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot. John Green bored writing attention I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that's made by one person, but that's not true. Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making the story up together. John Green reading writing book Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate. John Green different writing way I like to build places online where readers can have productive conversations about books. John Green online conversation book I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister. John Green chaplains ministers want I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city. John Green chicago cities firsts I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books. John Green reviews used book Videogame players essentially choose whether to win the game or to die heroically. There's a certain glory in both. John Green player games winning Will Grayson, Will Grayson' is about two guys named Will Grayson who live in different Chicago suburbs who eventually meet each other. John Green chicago guy two Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer. John Green cities new-york opportunity Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie March' here. But I love writing about Chicago, and I love being there and imagining lives in Chicago. I hope to set something there in the future, but it's intimidating. John Green writing trying love-is I always wondered if there was a purpose to the universe, if there was a plan, if there was some sort of organizing factor, hopefully that I played a role in. John Green plans roles purpose I am still bowled over by this great young adult novel by David Levithan called 'Every Day,' which is about a character with no gender or body who wakes up every day in the body of a different person. It's a really impressive execution of a really great premise. John Green execution adults character I don't decide where I live. My wife decides. She's a curator of contemporary art, and she works at an art museum, so we go wherever she has a job. All basements look the same, so I can write from whatever basement I happen to be living in. John Green writing jobs art I don't think we should see the world of books as fundamentally separate from the world of the Internet. Yes, the Internet contains a lot of videos of squirrels riding skateboards, but it can also be a place that facilitates big conversations about books. John Green squirrels book thinking I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they can also be fantastical, so it's nice to have a setting that grounds them a little bit. John Green nice writing littles I love making YouTube videos. I love Tumblr, I love Twitter. I love talking with people I find interesting about stuff I find interesting, and the Internet is a great way to do that. John Green talking people interesting I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant and profitable. John Green independent crazy book I know what happens a the end of falling-landing. John Green landing falling-in-love ends That's how writing works, at least for me: even the stuff that doesn't work out gets funneled into the stuff that does work out. John Green work-out doe writing
