I always had a fascination with twins.

She figured if you weren't woman enough to carry your doughnuts with pride, you shouldn't be eating them.

When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.

As pathetic as it was, she'd rather hold on to the possibility of something perfect than be hit with the reality of nothing much.

No matter when you were born or where, puberty is the same. It's the same for your parents as it is for you - what's happening in your body dictates everything.

Luck doesn't shine her light on each of us equally. She is arbitrary, irrational, unfair and sometimes downright cruel.

It's so trendy, almost bleeding to death. All the cool girls are doing it.