Requiem’ has been controversial because people don’t feel I gave it closure. Lauren Oliver Read Quote
I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting. This often means that I’m drawing from my experiences and observations. Lauren Oliver Read Quote
One of the things I’ve tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I’m able to broaden people’s expectations of what I’m allowed to do. Lauren Oliver Read Quote
I worked in publishing before I became an author, so I knew how a book gets made. Lauren Oliver Read Quote
My parents were pretty liberal, but they were still parents. I definitely had my teenage rebellion. Lauren Oliver Read Quote
I was a troubled teen and I was constantly looking for someone to throw me a rope. Those ropes are connections. They allow us to see that life exists beyond the little worlds we are currently a part of. Lauren Oliver Read Quote
You don’t reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue. Lauren Oliver Read Quote
Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future. Lauren Oliver Read Quote
