The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe

Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.

My theory is that everyone at one time or another has been at the fringe of society in some way: an outcast in high school, a stranger in a foreign country, the best at something, the worst at something, the one who's different. Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common.

I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I don't want to get into someone else's language when I'm working

You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil.

I'm a really eclectic reader.

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.