The file clanked against me, my stupid idea nobody would have gotten had I ever done it. You even wouldn't have gotten it, Ed, I thought, watching her go. It's why we broke up, so here it is. Ed, how could you?

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Troublesome things tend to remain troublesome no matter how many times you do them.

If everyone fought fire with fire, the whole world would go up in smoke.

I want to love you and take you pretty places. Yes, I have things wrong, but also I can walk through walls if you'll let me show you.

You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

When it was first optioned, I was told that the chances of The Basic Eight becoming a film were slim because no one was making teen movies, and then later, I was told that the chances were slim because there were so many teen movies, and then I was later told that the chances were slim because teen films were over. I'm not sure when the magic window of opportunity was, but perhaps it's still on the horizon.