“'She isn’t here.' When I’ve lost someone I care about, that part never stops feeling new: they aren’t here. That part cracks me open each time I think it. She died is a past tense problem; she isn’t here is a present tense problem.”— John Green, youtube.com
“Sometimes, I feel guilty about it because I benefitted so disproportionately from something I only had a small part in creating.”— John Green, youtube.com
“Like, Harry Potter is an excellent book series, but what makes it special is finally not JK Rowling, but readers choosing to respond deeply and enthusiastically, and without embarrassment or apology by dressing up or writing and reading fan fiction, or singing, 'the weapon we have is love'.”— John Green, youtube.com
“Ultimately, fandoms are made interesting not by the content, but by the people who choose to build communities around the content.”— John Green, youtube.com