Being a best-selling author just means the world for me. Some of my happiest memories, growing up, are being at book stores and reading books I couldn't afford, as a kid, and the midnight parties, waiting for the next Harry Potter book. The fact that I have that straw in my cap means more to me than anything I've ever accomplished before.

There's no solution to life, there's going to be problems no matter what.

What grinds me the most is that we’re sending kids out into the world who don’t know how to balance a checkbook, don’t know how to apply for a loan, don’t even know how to properly fill out a job application, but because they know the quadratic formula we consider them prepared for the world?

No matter what you do, you can never please everyone. And that was the hardest lesson to learn. In fact, I'm still learning it.

To Grandma, for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should wait until you’re done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer.

I love thinking that there is magic in the world, that there are people in the world with amazing abilities that we just don't know about.

I don't know much, But when push comes to shove, I definitely don't believe, There's such a thing as wrong love.