Celine Kiernan
"Write what is important to you, regardless of fashion or marketability or anything like that – all those things are so far out of your control that you may as well not think about them. Of course, this may mean you’ll never be published but that’s a risk we all take every single time we set hands to keyboard or pen to paper. For me, if I can sit back at the end of a project and say, ‘yes, I stayed honest, I said what I wanted to say, and I made it sing to the best of my ability’, then I’m happy enough. Of course, if anyone wants to buy the damned thing off me when I’m done, that’s jam I won’t refuse."
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"Write what is important to you, regardless of fashion or marketability or anything like that – all those things are so far out of your control that you may as well not think about them. Of course, this may mean you’ll never be published but that’s a risk we all take every single time we set hands to keyboard or pen to paper. For me, if I can sit back at the end of a project and say, ‘yes, I stayed honest, I said what I wanted to say, and I made it sing to the best of my ability’, then I’m happy enough. Of course, if anyone wants to buy the damned thing off me when I’m done, that’s jam I won’t refuse."
"اكتب ما يهمك، بمعزل عن تيارات العصر أو اعتبارات السوق أو ما شابه ذلك؛ فكل تلك الأمور خارجة عن سيطرتك تمامًا، فلا جدوى من التفكير فيها. قد لا يرى عملك النور أبدًا، لكنها مجازفة نتحملها جميعًا في كل مرة نضع فيها أيدينا على لوحة المفاتيح أو نمسك بالقلم. أما عني، فإذا ما انتهيت من مشروع ما واستطعت أن أستريح وأقول: "نعم، لقد بقيت أمينًا لروحي، قلت ما أردت قوله، وأخرجته في أبهى صورة ممكنة"، حينها يغمرني الرضا. وبالطبع، إذا رغب أحدهم في شراء هذا العمل مني بعد انتهائي، فهذا مكسب لن أرفضه."
Celine Kiernan
"When we’ve decided to tell the truth in a story, we should tell good, strong versions of it, proper versions that kids can do something with."
Celine Kiernan
"(on teaching writing) So many writers come to class with one question dominant in their mind, 'How do I make a living from this' It's a fair enough question and one I always try to answer well - but it saddens me that it so often overshadows the more relevant questions of 'why am I writing' and 'what am I saying' and 'how do I keep it honest."
Celine Kiernan
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