I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.

Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.

Seem like a lot of people wear shoes they can't walk in.

A boy admiring a pretty girl. A rare thing to be certain. But love-true love-is something else.

I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.

Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.

Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.