Jay Asher Book Quotations

I take a slow sip of lukewarm coffee, reopen the book, and read the words scribbled in red ink near the top: Everyone needs an olly-olly-oxen-free.

Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict.