Jay Asher Quotes

Looking back, I do think one of the reasons 'Thirteen Reasons Why' has been so successful is not because it deals with serious issues but because I had a unique and interesting way to tell that story. I knew the issues were going to be dealt with in the book, but I felt my job was to write the story as entertainingly as possible.

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• If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.

  

  M. Night Shyamalan
  • Brother
  • Year
  • Filmmaker

• The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.

  

  Oliver North
  • People
  • American
  • Strong

• My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Done
  • Belief
  • Complaining

• When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'

  

  Zoe Sugg
  • People
  • Like
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• I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Together
  • Cooking
  • Consistency

• There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Opportunity
  • Right
  • Wait

• I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Understand
  • Word
  • Clever

• My career is an open book, but my life is not.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • Life
  • Book
  • Career

• Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • Men
  • Sympathy
  • Generosity

• I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • God
  • Weird
  • Thank God

• First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Family
  • Happy
  • Healthy

• Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.

  

  G. Edward Griffin
  • Freedom
  • Will
  • Survive

• If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Game
  • Play
  • Ready

• Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

  

  Jack Prelutsky
  • Writing
  • Opportunity
  • Imagination

• Universities are not places where police can come and arrest people. Let the children have a discourse as they want to. They will learn as they move on in life. But to target individuals and institutions is dangerous.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • People
  • Life
  • Children

• Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.

  

  Bayard Taylor
  • Live
  • Alone
  • Beauty

• Every day, turn off your phone/email for some part of the day.

  

  Karen Finerman
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Turn

• Title IX came along and changed a lot of things for the better, but nevertheless, it meant that money became more important.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Important
  • Money
  • Better

• I've got all my old laptops going back to my first, which was so fancy at the time, in '93 or '94, but now it's just like a doorstop. One day I said, 'I'll go in and get all my old documents in there.' The cords and the wires are all gone, the discettes you need are gone. Meanwhile the little electrons are starting to wither away.

  

  Douglas Coupland
  • Time

• I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Up
  • Time
  • Hate

• The reality is that we communicate with every part of our being, and there are times when we must use it all. When someone needs us, he or she needs all of us. There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

  

  Ashton Kutcher
  • She
  • Reality
  • Text

• We're not trying to harass the average American. We need to convert this now to a risk-based system, with TSA concentrating and focusing on intelligence, on security, setting up again the parameters of which we do this.

  

  John Mica
  • Up
  • Trying
  • American

• Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk

• Looking back, I do think one of the reasons 'Thirteen Reasons Why' has been so successful is not because it deals with serious issues but because I had a unique and interesting way to tell that story. I knew the issues were going to be dealt with in the book, but I felt my job was to write the story as entertainingly as possible.

  

  Jay Asher
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  • Job
  • Book