Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye contact while telling it
John GreenThere's not a lot of room for un-ironic emotion in contemporary culture. I think that irony is an important tool in dealing with the world as we find it. It's a tool of protection, but it can also be a tool of incision to get to some truth. But along the way maybe we've lost some of what I think of as the power of straightforward emotion and earnestness and seriousness.
John GreenThe sky is like a monochromatic contemporay painting, drawing me in its illusion of depth, pulling me up.
John GreenHe may be a malevolent sorcerer, but Tiny Cooper is his own goddamned man, and if he wants to be a gigantic skipper, then that's his right as a huge American.
John Green