I do have friends, but they don't know me, only someone I've created to take my place. Someone sculpted from ice. I keep the melted me bottled up inside. Where no one can touch her, until, unbidden, she comes pouring out.
Ellen HopkinsAuthors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that's the strength of books. Don't worry about censors. Just write the story you need to tell and the rewards will come.
Ellen HopkinsSchool used to be an escape. Now it's just another place with too much pressure, too much confrontation, & so not enough joy.
Ellen HopkinsBut, though I was very much in lust with him, I knew from the start we were nothing like "forever." Maybe because forever is such a scary place.
Ellen Hopkins