...racist thought and action says far more about the person they come from than the person they are directed at.

I believe there was a big bang and that because of that we are all connected into infinity, and I know very little having to do with human beings that doesn't also have to do with connection.

I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability to bring dark subjects into the open where they are not so dark, where they can be talked about and considered by teens and adults alike.

It's a scary thing; moving on. Part of me wishes life were more predictable and part of me is excited that it's not. I think it's impossible to tell the good things from the bad things while they're happening.

But the truth doesn't need to be known, or believed, to be true.

I can't think of a subject that is taboo for me, unless it's one I simply don't know anything about.

You have to be careful not to use anything too colloquial or you date the book.