Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Louise Hopkinsis a novelist who has published several New York Times bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth26 March 1955
CityLong Beach, CA
CountryUnited States of America
bullshit ghost life-is
But then, my entire life is bullshit. The best things in it have vanished, ghosts. Ghosts I'll admit I created.
life-is gamble
Have to Find ...life ...is ...a— ...gamble ...after ...all.
life pieces puzzle-piece
Puzzle pieces don't always connect do they?
fate life-is
Maybe Life is random. No fate. No God. Just Time.
life hero thinking
What's the point of being a hero when everyone thinks you're a villain?
life thinking matter
Eventually, it becomes a matter of scale. When the good outweighs the bad, you stay. When the bad is the only thing you notice anymore, you think about your future, or what's left of it, consider options.
life loss
Loss is loss. Doesn't take death to create it.
choices life-is
Life is full of choices. We don't always make good ones.
life taken games
When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.
life change hope
Life is all about change. If it were static, think about how boring it would be. You can't be afraid of it, and you can't worry that you'll mess things up. You deserve good things, and I want to be one of them.
thankful mean things-in-life
Sometimes the little things in life mean the most.
alone known
I couldn't have known 'Crank' was going to be published, let alone become a big hit. That book was very personal for me: I had to tell the story for myself.
believe pages sold verse
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.
people
There are people who think it's easier to write books in verse, and it's definitely not.