Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie March' here. But I love writing about Chicago, and I love being there and imagining lives in Chicago. I hope to set something there in the future, but it's intimidating.
John GreenMaybe we're grassโour roots so interdependent that no one is dead as long as someone is still alive.
John GreenAnd as we kept driving north, the whole family in the care together, it got darker, and snowier, until finally the road delivered us to the one place that all my youthful trips west never could: home.
John GreenThe job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves
John GreenIf people could see me the way I see myself - if they could live in my memories - would anyone love me?
John GreenI am a grenade," I said again. "I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be with you guys because there's nothing I can do about hurting you: You're too invested, so just please let me do that, okay? "I'm going to go to my room and read for awhile, okay? I'm fine. I really am fine: I just want to go read for a while.
John Green