Gloria asked Jesse Andrews:

Hi!! Loved Me and Earl and the Dying Girl , one of the funniest books I've ever read! I wanted to know... what keeps you motivated to write each day, do you follow some kind of routine? Thank you!!

Jesse Andrews i think if i lost my motivation i just wouldn't be a writer anymore—the only reason to write is that you need to write. i've always felt the compulsion to do it and did it for a long time with no readers at all except for friends and family—not that i need motivation now, but the fact that i have any kind of public readership at all is enormously motivating and gratifying and i feel tremendously lucky to have you guys.

actually my motivation is always that i feel like i can make something better than the last thing that i made. i'm proud of me and earl but i don't feel satisfied with it—or with the haters—i'll probably never feel totally satisfied with anything. this may sound horrible or depressing but it's actually very energizing to me to think that there's always room for improvement—

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