Gayle Forman
Gayle Forman
Gayle Formanis an American young-adult fiction author, best known for her novel If I Stay which topped the New York Times best sellers list of Young Adult Fiction and was made into a film of the same name...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth5 June 1970
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
fighting want ifs
It's ok if you want to stop fighting.
if-i-stay ifs
If I stay. If I live. It's up to me.
purpose persons ifs
Even if you find him. Even if he didn’t leave you on purpose, he can’t possibly live up to the person you’ve built him into.
keys ifs
Because you don’t ever find things when you’re looking for them. You find them when you’re not.” “If that were true, nobody would ever find their keys.
forgiven understood ifs
And if I'm not forgiven, then at least I'm understood.
selfish done ifs
It was selfish what I asked her to do, even if it wound up being the most unselfish thing I've ever done.
letting-you-go ifs
I'll let you go. If you stay.
play said ifs
She said if she couldn't play, she had nothing left. What about me?
ifs
What would you do if you had to choose?
matter easy ifs
And something tells me if it matters, maybe it shouldn't be easy.
miracle drug
Forgivenesss: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug.
relationship thinking demand
There are so many things that demand to be said. Where did you go? Do you ever think about me? You've ruined me. Are you okay? But of course, I can't say any of that.
books grew kids newspapers particular stories wanting wrote
I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and thought: 'I want to do that!' I always told stories and wrote them down, but I never thought writing was a career path, even though, clearly, someone was writing the books and newspapers and magazines.
became demand far guess pay rent sounds stories threat
So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist. But as far as what inspired me to be a writer, it's the stories. It sounds very cliched, but the stories rise up and demand to be told. They always have done, long before I became a writer.