Quotes by Ellen Hopkins

About Ellen Hopkins:

Ellen Louise Hopkins is a novelist who has published several New York Times bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience.
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When You Weren't Looking ...why. ...Can't you ...care ...more ...about ...me.

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Have to Find ...life ...is ...a— ...gamble ...after ...all.

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Faces ...I ...don't ...know ...the real ...me

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I'll Stay ...leave ...me. ...I'll ...follow ...you.

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Home ...Home. ...the word, ...has ...no ...meaning

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One kiss, I was totally hooked.

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For short term relaxation, I take a hot tub. It's my best way to unblock writers' block, too. For a bit longer relaxation, I enjoy camping. Just being in the wilderness, with no phones or computers or anything I have to do really refreshes my spirit.

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I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.

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I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.

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The problem with falling in love is falling back out of it again, usually because you've fallen in love with a lie. That happens as often as not.

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...Things happened when you were little. Things you don't remember now, and don't want to. But they need to escape, need to worm their way out of that dark place in your brain where you keep them stashed.

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Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear.

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Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions.

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Believe it or not, I sold my first novel, 'Crank,' with only seventy-five pages complete. It was in verse then, and it was hard-hitting then.

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People inspire me. Everyone is such an individual and has unique stories. I'm a voyeur. I eavesdrop. Sometimes I ask questions. And sometimes people just want to tell me their stories.

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There are people who think it's easier to write books in verse, and it's definitely not.

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I never actually plan sequels. They demand to be done.

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So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone.

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A word to the unwise. Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.

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In a woman's womb another chance to make the world a better place.

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To all my readers. I don't need my daughter's okay to do anything. I was a writer before she was my daughter. The CRANK books were inspired by my desire to keep others from following in her path, but they are FICTION. And seriously, WTF do I need her...

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Author Bio

  • NameEllen Hopkins
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornMarch 26, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist