Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear.

Sometimes you're traveling a highway, the only road you've ever known and wham! A semi comes from nowhere and rolls right over you. Sometimes you dont wake up. But if you happen to you know things will never be the same. Sometimes that's not so bad. Sometimes lives instersect, no rhyme, no reason, except, perhaps, for a passing semi.

A best friend is your voice when you can't find it.

She's incredible, not that she's perfect. But you once said imperfections create character.

I'm in love. And I like how that feels. And I hate how that feels. Because love is an invention of fiction writers.

I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.

The more I think about it, the more I believe there has to be a subtle yet satisfying method of revenge.