# John Green on Reddit (u/thesoundandthefury)

Part of Celebrities on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-06. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/celebrities-on-reddit/john-green

John Green: Author of The Fault in Our Stars.

- Reddit account: [u/thesoundandthefury](https://www.reddit.com/user/thesoundandthefury/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2014 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/26s7bj/iam_john_green_bestselling_author_of_the_fault_in/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (71), r/nerdfighters (69), r/soccer (14), r/videos (6), r/tatwdspoilers (3), r/LiverpoolFC (2)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2010 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Green

## Moments

### u/thesoundandthefury in r/IAmA, Oct 12, 2017 · Funny

In the thread "I'm John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down. I'm in a bus for the next eight hours. AMA.".

> Look, I just published a book two days ago. I'm not looking to be super-divisive right now. The last thing I need is pro-pineapple or anti-pineapple people boycotting my book. So I'm just going to say that how you eat your pizza is your business, and how I eat my pizza is with no goddamned pineapple.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/75wqll/im_john_green_author_of_the_fault_in_our_stars/do9splc/ · 2,523 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/thesoundandthefury in r/IAmA, Oct 12, 2017 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi John! (And Hank too!) Congratulations on the new book, I can't wait to read it once I've finished my final university exams in a couple of weeks. Firstly I just want to say thank you for being so awesome and for all the great things that you have done over the years, you make…

> There's always a point, usually 20,000 to 30,000 words into a new story, where I realize it's bad. Like, really bad. And often when I get to that point, I have to abandon the story--which is a bummer, because I've spent three or six or twenty months on it, and then I feel like, this was all for nothing! I have wasted all this time!
>
> But then sometimes I will get to that point of realizing the story is terrible, and I'll think, "You know, I think I can plow through to an end here. I think I've at least got some idea about the characters." And then I make it to the end of the draft a few months later. I'll still have to delete most of that draft in revision, and rewrite and rewrite and rewrite and rewrite before I have a book, but if I make it past that point where I realize it's all bad, I *can* finish.
>
> And then eventually I will understand that none of the time spent was actually wasted, because I had to puzzle through those stories that couldn't work to get to the one that could.
>
> So for me the hardest part is accepting when something isn't working, and letting it go, and starting again.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/75wqll/im_john_green_author_of_the_fault_in_our_stars/do9k999/ · 1,333 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/thesoundandthefury in r/soccer, May 3, 2021 · Hobby

Replying to a redditor:

> John Green used to have a serious FIFA Career Mode series on YouTube.

> John Green here. I would not say my FIFA career was ever SERIOUS, as the two main characters were both named John Green and were Time Lords who adopted a child together, but it was certainly SOMETHING. (I am really bad at FIFA, which I suppose was part of the charm of the series.)

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/n3r3wx/fan_owned_afc_wimbledon_survives_relegation_in/gwsp6cd/ · 862 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/thesoundandthefury in r/IAmA, Dec 30, 2010 · Personal story

**IAmA New York Times bestselling novelist. AMA.**

> Hi, Reddit. Long-time lurker who just created an account. I've written four novels (the most recent two both spent three weeks on the NYT bestseller list) and I thought I'd post in case anyone is looking for frank answers to questions about writing, publishing, the book business, or the like.
>
> EDIT: Anonymity blown. My name is John Green. I'm the author of the novels "Looking for Alaska," "An Abundance of Katherines," "Paper Towns," and the co-author of "Will Grayson, Will Grayson." (I also share a popular youtube channel with my brother; another AMA for another day, perhaps.)
>
> EDIT 2: If I were going to pretend to be someone, I would pretend to be someone far cooler than I am (like that freaking cosmonaut with >2,000 parachute jumps). [Proof.](http://imgur.com/1xi2S) Thanks for all your great questions and hilarious asides, reconfirming for me the awesomeness of Reddit. I'll continue to answer questions, and I apologize if I don't answer yours.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/etmyn/iama_new_york_times_bestselling_novelist_ama/ · 693 points as of Nov 6, 2026