When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, instead of lying, write it down, because if you write it down, it's not a lie anymore; it's fiction.

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

Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it's becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh.

One place exists as their interpretation of it. For the people living and thriving inside of it, it's another place.

Maybe this was our last summer as best friends. I feel like something's going to change now and I'm not going to be able to change it back. —Margaret

Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing?

I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me!