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
littles little-things sometimes
The little things that happen. Sometimes they're insignificant; other times, they change everything.
sometimes knows
Sometimes you can't know until you know.
cacophony tough sometimes
All relationships are tough. Just like with music, sometimes you have harmony and other times you have cacophony.
blow wind sometimes
Sometimes the wind blows you places you weren't expecting: sometimes it blows you away from those places, too.
way sometimes best-way
Sometimes the best way to find out what you’re supposed to do is by doing the thing you’re not supposed to do.
life choices sometimes
Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.
space sometimes empty
Sometimes you can only feel something by its absence. By the empty spaces it leaves behind.
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.
characters directly exactly five hours nor screen structure totally translate writers
Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story.
becoming delusion early grow shows
When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
books experience good lets life movies moving slightly
We like movies and books that give us this emotionally moving experience, where you feel like a slightly different person, and you see the world a little different after you finish. It lets you see your own life in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good.