John Green on Writing
Browse 5 quotations attributed to John Green, catalogued under writing, with dates where available.
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Attributed to John Green, entry #94357: "It's a penis," Margo said, "in the same sense that Rhode Island is a state: it may have an illustrious history, but it sure isn't big."
Attributed to John Green, entry #37207: "It was, he thought, just like how authors always wrote things in ways other than how they actually happened."
5 Quotes by John Green on Writing
"It's a penis," Margo said, "in the same sense that Rhode Island is a state: it may have an illustrious history, but it sure isn't big."
"It was, he thought, just like how authors always wrote things in ways other than how they actually happened."
"I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer. Because it's the only apprenticeship we have. It's the only way of learning how to write a story."
"The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives. I wondered if that was sort of the point of architecture."
"So I guess the first thing I would say is: you need to write a story that, unlike my story, has a beginning, a middle and an end. Also the beginning shouldn't involve hating foxes and the end shouldn't involve no one liking you."