Latest Rainbow Rowell Quotes from Interviews

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• If I had an author superpower, I would like to have the ability to stop time for everyone else. I feel like I have to disappear into myself to write books. I go away, into my head, for hours and weeks at a time, and I hate that I miss everything. It's pretty selfish to want to pause other people, isn't it?

  Rainbow Rowell

  Hate, Selfish, Book

  Source: www.theguardian.com

• I think as an author you have to allow a movie to be separate from the book. It's an entirely different animal. I almost never mind when a movie changes or cuts something - as long as it helps the film work better.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Book, Cutting, Thinking

  Source: www.theguardian.com

• I've never loved the name "Rainbow" - it seems like a name you'd give to your stuffed unicorn - but I really like having an unusual name. It stands out. And it made me feel like it was okay to stand out. To be different.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Giving, Rainbow, Different

  Source: www.theguardian.com

• It never occurred to me when I was young that I could be an author. That would be like saying, "I want to be a movie star" or "I want to be a wizard." I didn't have any concept of what that path would look like. Maybe that's why I didn't publish my first book until I was 38.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Book, Path, Movie Star

  Source: www.theguardian.com