Anna Todd : (7) " I want to work as hard as I can and continue to make a career for myself. " - Anna Todd " I’m not writing about the 1 percent of people who have this fairy-tale, amazing life. I’m writing about people like me, who maybe had a rough childhood. " - Anna Todd " I love writing, and I am one of the people who can do it and make a living. " - Anna Todd " I remember seeing stories on Wattpad with five million reads and thinking, ‘That must be incredible.’ " - Anna Todd " Since I don’t outline my books very much, I feel like sometimes I don’t have a choice in what the characters do; they just kind of take over sometimes. " - Anna Todd " I like to write characters that feel like people that I would know. " - Anna Todd " I think I’m lucky, in a way, because with the criticism I get online, it’s mostly from really young girls that are fans of One Direction, and they’re kind of already known for being mean online. So the things that they insult me with are things that don’t really bother me. " - Anna Todd