“One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write differ...” — Lauren Oliver Quote

“One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's expectations of what I'm allowed to do.”

“Nothing has ever been so painful or delicious as being so close to him and being unable to do anything about it: like eating ice cream so fast on a hot day you get a splitting headache.”

“'Requiem' has been controversial because people don't feel I gave it closure.”

“I think that if there's one key insight science can bring to fiction, it's that fiction - the study of the human condition - needs to broaden its definition of the human condition. Because the human condition isn't immutable and doomed to remain uniform forever.”

“If we broaden the audience for cricket, more people will be interested in all forms, then TV rights and sponsors and crowds will follow.”

“President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.”