Jenny Han Quotes
I think that's what distinguishes YA from adult fiction - it's not just the age of the characters, but it's the sense of hope. Because I don't think I've ever read a YA book that feels completely hopeless at the end.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
When I finished 'P.S. I Still Love You,' I truly was done with the series. I kept saying the books were two halves of a heart. But I suppose time and space had made me nostalgic, because my mind kept drifting back to Lara Jean and Peter, wondering what they were up to.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
I was writing my first book when I was in college. I was a teenager.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
I worked on 'Always and Forever, Lara Jean' for a few months before I breathed a word of it my editor or agent.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
I don't plan anything out, and I don't write in chronological order. The emotional tenor is what guides me, but a lot of it is feeling my way through the dark. That's okay if you have unlimited time to work and stumble upon things in a delightful way, but under a deadline, it can be really stressful.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
I might just be the luckiest girl ever.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
You don't have to you change yourself for somebody else to like you.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
There's some of me in all my characters.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
I think, as a writer, you spend most of your time working on the book alone.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
When I sold my first middle-grade novel in 2005, it wasn't that common to put an author photo on the back flap, but 24-year-old Korean-American me insisted. I wanted Asian girls to see my face. And more than that, I wanted them to see what is possible.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
I think you are going through so many 'firsts' as a teenager, and it's a charged time because of that. You don't have much autonomy in life. Everything is just kind of crazy, and there are so many huge decisions to be made, like where are you going to college or who you date. These things can really affect your whole life.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
My sister and I are really close. She's my little sister.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
Teenage years are all about crushes: crushes so deep you wanted to inhabit the other person, be inside their skin, see the world through their eyes.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
My name is Jennifer, and when I first went to school, my kindergarten teacher called me Jenny, and from then on, I was Jenny.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
The American girl doesn't look just one kind of way - not in 2018, not ever.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
I started writing stories at a young age, but not once did it occur to me that I could grow up to be a writer. Who could I look to? My favorite authors were Ann M. Martin and E.L. Konigsburg and Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary and Lois Lowry and Norma Klein. They were all white women, and they seemed so stately to me, so elegant. A whole world away.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
I don't think kids of color should have to search far and wide to find books that reflect their experience.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
When you're young, you don't have a lot of control over even basic things in your life - where you live, what you eat, where you go during the day, how you get there. You don't have a lot of control, and that can feel sort of unstable in its own way because you don't get a say in those basic things.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
My sister is my very favorite person, and I dedicated 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' to her.
Jenny Han
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction