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Jay Asher

When somebody’s face-to-face with you saying, ‘I may not have been here had I not read your book,’ how do you respond to that? The first several times I traveled, it was almost too much. I was totally grateful, but emotionally, it was really hard.

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

Looking back, I do think one of the reasons ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ has been so successful is not because it deals with serious issues but because I had a unique and interesting way to tell that story. I knew the issues were going to be dealt with in the book, but I felt my job was to write the story as entertainingly as possible.

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

I thought I was going to be known for my humor. But then I had an idea for a story, which was absolutely not humorous. But, of course, that’s the one that sells and becomes big.

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

As an author, I love to know my book sells really well.

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

What you hear mostly people gripe about adaptations is, ‘They took out this scene,’ or, ‘They had to condense these characters.’ I understand why they have to do that. But if you had a favorite character, and now they’ve been melded together with another one, it’s disappointing.

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

There’s no way to know exactly what someone’s dealing with, no matter how open you are. You’re just never going to know everything.

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Jay Asher

I think there’s always room for humor, especially when you’re talking about really serious issues.

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

Fiction is an easy way to talk about issues: I think it feels less preachy. You can have the students discuss characters in the book as opposed to hypothetical situations, or as opposed to opening up about themselves, unless they really want to.

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

Bullying has been around forever, and so it became one of these issues that as an adult we look back on and say, ‘Yeah, it’s just one of those unfortunate parts of growing up.’ You know you’re not going to stop it, so it just became easier to call it one of those things that ‘just happens.’

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

When I decided I wanted to become an author, I never thought something I wrote would be used as a way to start conversations that are otherwise difficult to begin.

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

When you’re being bullied, it can feel like no one cares, and I’m so excited to tell the teens at the schools I visit that I wouldn’t be there if their school didn’t care.

– Jay Asher

Jay Asher

With traditional school visits, I also get to speak with people who haven’t read my books and talk about my writing process as well as the serious aspects I write about.

– Jay Asher

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