When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.

School just speeds things up... Without school it might take 70 years before you wake up and are able to count.

It was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealinggreat-great-grandfather!

Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait to get back to it. But there are days when I don't know what's coming next, and I really have to force it.

It's – I write the books and let the market find who reads it. I guess a young adult is anywhere from ten to fifteen.

Toni hears voices," said Trapp. "But who is this Dr. Ellsworth to tell her she's a schizophrenic? Maybe she just perceives better than the rest of us. Maybe the voices she hears are just uncommunicated ideas, floating free.