I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise.

I think boys don't always like to read books with female protagonist - I don't even know what to say about this.

There's me in every character I put on the pages.

I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.

Sometimes...you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living.

Fifteen. Sixteen was probably something, but fifteen - fifteen was a place between here and nowhere.

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on the page.