It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.

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.

This is love, to sit with someone you've known forever in a place you've been meaning to go, and watching as their life happens to them until you stand up and it's time to go.

Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of 'systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, syst-susceptible sister,' which is easier done than said.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

The movie was kickass, which was appropriate, because tonight it was called Kickass: The Movie.

There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers.