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Celeste Ng

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As a historically voracious reader - pre-baby, I averaged a book every week or two, and when I was a kid, I'd routinely read a book a day - I never understood how some people could not read. When I heard people say they didn't have time to read, in my head, I simultaneously pitied and ridiculed them: there was always time to read. - Celeste Ng
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I was fortunate to have many teachers who encouraged me - one of the first was Dianne Derrick, my 5th grade teacher at Woodbury Elementary. She challenged us to write creatively and praised my work, but most importantly, she treated writing like it was important. - Celeste Ng
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Spend too much time alone with your own words, and your writing grows anemic, in dire need of a transfusion. - Celeste Ng
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My mother wrote a teen column for the South China Morning Post in the 1950s when she was growing up in Hong Kong. Her name was Lily Mark, but she sometimes wrote under her confirmation name, Margaret Mark. That was how she met my father. - Celeste Ng
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My parents came to America in the late 1960s because my father studied for a Ph.D. in Indiana. My mother joined him later. We had ancestors who came over at the turn of the century. One worked in a laundry, as is typical of Chinese-American immigrants. - Celeste Ng
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My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low moments where I think I should just quit and become a waitress. - Celeste Ng
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I think, in the United States, we talk about race as a black and white issue... We're generally talking about it as if it's a binary equation whereas, in fact, there's more than two races and, in fact, those races blend together. There are a lot of different ways that people identify. - Celeste Ng
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My husband's parents were both English teachers for decades. - Celeste Ng
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The first bookstore I loved wasn't a little independent gem nestled in a neighborhood: it was a modest Waldenbooks in our local shopping mall. - Celeste Ng
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I don't think I know a single person who's a minority who hasn't experienced some form of discrimination at one time or another. - Celeste Ng
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A love of reading shows empathy, the desire to understand how others live or act or might act - and why. - Celeste Ng
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For me, any story I tackle begins with the human relationships and not the plot. - Celeste Ng
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It's easy to feel helpless - like you can't fight the tide. But remember: small actions can have a huge impact, and one person like you can inspire others to action. - Celeste Ng
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If you see harassment happening, speak up. Being harassed is terrible; having bystanders pretend they don't notice is infinitely worse. - Celeste Ng
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When my father finished his Ph.D., my mother went back for another bachelor's degree, this time in environmental science. - Celeste Ng
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