Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.

You must have been going very fast." "I was, until I hit the fence.

My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.

We have an hour before we have to leave," Cray said. "So I thought I might tell you a little about myself. I thought it might pass the time." "I'm not really all that interested," Alex said.

A German philosopher once wrote that he who fights monsters must take care that he doesn't become one himself.

Believe me, It would be better if we didn't meet again. Go back to school. Go back to your life. And next time they ask you, say no. Killing is for grown-ups and you're still a child.