Vampires were always either trying to kill me, or own me. God I hated being popular.

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.

It has been my experience that women tell more intimate details to their friends than men do. Men may brag more, but women will talk the nitty-gritty and share the experience more.

I used to think I knew what was right and what was wrong, and who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Then the world got very gray, and I didn't know anything for a long time

If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.

It all adds up; never discount your efforts, because small efforts build big things. One word doesn't make a novel, but one word does begin a novel, and from that small beginning everything else follows. Even if it's just 'The', write something on that blank page.

Because everything worth having hurts.