stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world.
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.
Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.
Life ain't the movies.
Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially for girls because it's the one place where you can do the forbidden.
I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.