Vinegar: that's what fear smells like.

I think, The world is actually huge. That's the part no one can really explain.

That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out.

I'm very interested in the way the Internet has changed teenage life. Obviously it's very different from when I grew up, when there weren't even answering machines, much less computers. I was telling my children this the other day, and the little one said, "Did you have electricity, Mom?" and I was like okay, enough, kid.

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.

Time’s a goon, right? You gonna let that goon push you around?” Scotty shook his head. “The goon won.

I guess it's always romantic when two people fall in love.... Even if it turns out not to be real.