Literary Birthday – 29 March – Ernest Cline

Happy Birthday, Ernest Cline, born 29 March 1972.

Ernest Cline Quotes

1. I’ve heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself. (A-Z)
2. I wanted to be able to write in the voice that I talk to my friends and assume that everybody would know what I was talking about. (A-Z)
3. It’s so much better to hand over a finished book than having all these people waiting. (A-Z)
4. My characters are all kind of geek archetypes of people I’ve encountered at gaming and comic book conventions. (A-Z)
5. Bridge to Bat City is my first time publishing a middle-grade fiction novel, so I had a lot to learn about the genre and the nuances of writing for a younger audience. (WD)
6. Write about what you love and why you love it. Write the story that you’ve always wanted to read. And remember to have fun. If you don’t enjoy writing your story, it’s doubtful anyone will enjoy reading it. (WD)
7. I’ve always wanted to be a writer. Initially, I wanted to write for the movies. At the time, it seemed like one of the coolest jobs imaginable. Film had a profound effect on my worldview, and on the culture at large, and I knew I wanted to be involved in the art form somehow, if I could. (YALSA)
8. But in a book, you can have any soundtrack you want; you can have any painting you want hanging on the wall; you can do a lot of things with no budget that you couldn’t do in a big budget Hollywood movie. (LightSpeed)
9. Once I established myself as an author and a screenwriter, I was able to pursue whatever interests I wanted and write about whatever I wanted, and this story [Bridge to Bat City] always stuck with me. (Publisher’s Weekly)
10. When I write, I listen to music without lyrics, usually film scores because lyrics distract me. (Publisher’s Weekly)

Ernest Cline is an American writer. He is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. He is the author of the novels Ready Player One and Armada and co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. His third novel is Ready Player Two and his fourth novel is Bridge to Bat City, a children’s book. He writes in the science fiction genre. His poetry collection is The Importance of Being Ernest. His books have been published in 57 countries and have spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times bestsellers list. They have been translated into more than three dozen languages.

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by Amanda Patterson

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