Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In high school, I was very unpopular.
I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older.
The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.
I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious.
I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't like, 'Oh man, I gotta fill some void that was left by high school.' I had a great high-school experience.
If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.
I've had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.
What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that had been mostly absent from my life since junior high. In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a central concern.
I was never really unpopular in high school.
What's the point in being an unpopular writer? It just doesn't make a lot of sense. For me it doesn't, anyway.