Well, to aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible, easily.

I think when you take people who are damaged and you give them money and freedom, it can be a toxic cocktail.

I've been an avid consumer of young adult literature since I was one, and I think some people leave that stuff behind when they become old adults, but I never did. I was always interested in the fantasy world created in those novels.

When you're in a competitive environment, always give out the impression that you don't care. It makes people want you more. If you act desperate, it's over. I think a passive attitude is helpful. It comes naturally because I'm lazy.

Hollywood is a perpetual summerland, a temperate, godless yaw where the very word 'season' has been co-opted by television executives. There are few harbingers of winter here.

Tabloid photos capture people at their most self-conscious and disoriented; in real life, Paris Hilton is like an elegant paper crane.

Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity, a smog-choked space cradle.